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Offline syntheticfield

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Electrolysis of dilute NaCl
« on: July 25, 2012, 11:24:25 PM »
What is the difference between electrolysing NaCl - sodium chloride - and setting up a circuit with salt in water? Is it the ions pass electrons in a circuit whereas the ions are attracted to the electrodes in electrolysis?

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Re: Electrolysis of dilute NaCl
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2012, 04:08:16 AM »
When we electrolyze aqueous solution of NaCl we get Cl2 and H2 but if we electrolyze fused NaCl,then we get Na and Cl2..That's the difference...
I think you have read my thread..
http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=60817.0

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