sodium chloride

[yungfolk]

how do i extrac the chloride from the sodium chloride. I want to take pure sodium and put it in water. I know that pure sodium is very unstable and combusts when exposed to air, but how do I go about doing this

[Twiztid_Ninja313]

pretty sure you cant........google it

[v1per]

You seem a little confused. Sodium does not combust when it comes in contact with air. Sodium does, however, combust violently when it contacts water. You may be thinking about white phosphorus, an allotrope of the same element that is on the end of matches. It does combust when it contacts air.

As far as how to obtain sodium, you are basically out of luck. Breaking the bonds between it and other elements in pretty much any of it's compounds would be really hard (like, forget about it hard). Buying it is out of the question, too. It is so tightly regulated, you can't even transport it on most roads.

EDIT: Ok, well it seems that sodium is nowhere near as tightly regulated as I thought before. I found a website that sells it, but it isn't cheap. How bad do you want it?

[motoxxxer26]

I did a report back in the day on sodium and it is the most unstable of all elements. In other words DONT FUCK WITH IT.

[firetime27]

Wll i hope you failed that report. It is not the most unstable of the elements look at its location on the periodic table. As for extracting it Melt the sodium chloride and run DC 12v 50A current through the liquid. I dont recall if the sodium collect on the anode or cathode i assume the anode.

[v1per]

That works, but the melting point of NaCl is pretty damn high I think. And, why do my posts keep disappearing?

[yungfolk]

so I melt down the sodium chloride and run a DC through it, then i have pure sodium?

[Twiztid_Ninja313]

yeah francium is the most reactive

[firetime27]

Yeah its gonna be near impossible to melt the sodium chloride with any tools you have. I advise using sodium hydroxide in a ceramic or stainless crucible NOT GLASS. Sodium hydroxide melts pretty low but remember your taking out the sodium in a molten form its going to cumbust as soon as its remoxed from the liquid.

[v1per]

Yea, as we said earlier in the thread, forget about it. The end result just isn't awesome enough to justify the means. I would imagine a pound canister of gunpowder and a long fuse would be way cooler.