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Making Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) From Salt

2015-11-22

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I use the Chloralkali mercury process to turn NaCl into NaOH. I also use the excess chlorine to produce a bromine solution and I make activated mercury at one point.

Thanks again to Julian Emmerling for this intro and outro music: If you want him to make something for you contact at j.n.e.sound@gmail.com


bubble it through a solution of sodium bromide
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pour off the remainder of the salt water and rinse it with fresh water a few times
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add some aluminum foil
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pour the sodium hydroxide solution into the bromine solution
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