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... sodium oxide on water to give sodium hydroxide : Na2O + H2O sodium oxide water 2NaOH . sodium hydroxide Sodium hydroxide actually is composed of sodium ( Na * ) and hydroxide ( OH- ) ions . Basic ( the chemical opposite of acidic ) ...
... sodium oxide on water to give sodium hydroxide : Na2O + H2O sodium oxide water 2NaOH . sodium hydroxide Sodium hydroxide actually is composed of sodium ( Na * ) and hydroxide ( OH- ) ions . Basic ( the chemical opposite of acidic ) ...
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... sodium chloride , into sodium carbonate , a chemical needed in substantial amounts for the manufacture of both soap and glass . Nicolas Leblanc , a surgeon with a bent for practical chemistry , invented such a process . His patron , the ...
... sodium chloride , into sodium carbonate , a chemical needed in substantial amounts for the manufacture of both soap and glass . Nicolas Leblanc , a surgeon with a bent for practical chemistry , invented such a process . His patron , the ...
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... ( sodium hydroxide ) are produced simulta- neously by electrolytic decomposition of salt ( sodium chloride ) —has become the principal source of chlorine during the 20th century . In the two important versions of the electrolytic process ...
... ( sodium hydroxide ) are produced simulta- neously by electrolytic decomposition of salt ( sodium chloride ) —has become the principal source of chlorine during the 20th century . In the two important versions of the electrolytic process ...
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