[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Industrial Chemistry > The Industrial Production of Sodium Hydroxide Requires The Use of Electrolysis[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]The industrial production of sodium hydroxide requires the use of electrolysis[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/2″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Students learn to:
- explain the difference between galvanic cells and electrolytic cells in terms of energy requirements
- outline the steps in the industrial production of sodium hydroxide from sodium chloride solution and describe the reaction in terms of net ionic and full formulae equations
- distinguish between the three electrolysis methods used to extract sodium hydroxide:
– mercury process
– diaphragm process
– membrane process
by describing each process and analysing the technical and environmental difficulties involved in each process
[/cs_text][/cs_column][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/2″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Students:
- identify, plan and perform a first-hand investigation to identify the products of the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of sodium chloride
- analyse information from secondary sources to predict and explain the different products of the electrolysis of aqueous and molten sodium chloride
[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Extract from Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002). © 2009, Board of Studies NSW.[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]