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How can you separate the compound OCl?
I am planning to do electrolysis of H2ONaCl (mainly for the purpose of obtaining Na and Cl separately) and I was wondering after separating the compound into H2Na and OCl, how would I separate OCl?
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- steve_geo1Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
If you pass electricity through a water solution of NaCl, you will get chlorine, Cl2, gas bubbling out at the anode, while the area around the cathode will build up a sodium hydroxide, NaOH, concentration. If you add a few drops of phenolphthalein solution first, you will see a "red cloud" forming in the solution around the cathode. There are no such things as H2Na and OCl.
