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"Heidi" > wrote:

> No, salt dissolved in water doesn't naturally separate in to Na and Cl
> in large amounts. It takes energy (electricity) to get it to do that.
> If that were true, then we would have lots of people dying from
> chlorine gas vapors. From this website:
>
> http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/chem/dol...m/elem017.html
>
> "Chlorine is manufactured industrially as a by-product in the
> manufacture of Caustic Soda by the electrolysis of brine.
> 2 NaCl + 2 H2O ==> Cl2 + H2 + 2 NaOH
> This process was carried out in Kellner-Solvay Cells, using Mercury and
> Carbon as the electrodes. However, due to the toxicity of mercury, the
> modern version of the process uses metal electrodes with special
> membranes in the electrolytic cells."
>
> Heidi

Damn this is fun. ;-)
First time I've ever seen a cast iron thread turn into a chemistry
lesson!

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