How can I extract sodium and chloride from salt?
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1 Answer
May 16, 2015
You can't do it at home, but sodium and chlorine are obtained commercially by passing an electric current through molten salt.
Salt melts at 801 °C, chlorine is a poisonous gas, and molten sodium is extremely reactive.
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Liquid sodium floats to the top and is drained off into a storage tank.
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The chlorine gas bubbles out of the molten salt above the anode
