dom3mo Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Please i added ammonia hydroxide to sodium chloride, I boiled the white precipitate and collected the powder in alunium foil. I did not know the toxcity of sodium hydroxide when i made it. .Will this hurt me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Assuming you did actually produce sodium hydroxide, you should remember that it's a strong base and would be caustic if it touched your skin. Handle it with care (preferably with gloves). If some comes in contact with your skin (or anything else you value), wash it off immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom3mo Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 are there any bad gases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkblade48 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 It is unlikely that you made any appreciable amounts of sodium hydroxide. The only danger I can see is from inhaling the ammonia fumes when you tried to boil it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 you made absolutely NO sodium hydroxide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 sodium hyrdroxide.....ammonia hydroxide.... alunium ... Perhaps a good chemistry rule should be "if you can't spell it, don't mess about with it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephir Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 ...i added ammonia hydroxide to sodium chloride, I boiled the white precipitate and collected the powder in alunium foil. I did not know the toxcity of sodium hydroxide when i made it... Nice experiment, but you've just precipitated a portion of sodium chloride back again. Feel free to use your product in the kitchen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 OK Zephir, while you are in the mood for patronising comments, perhaps you would like to explain why the addition of something that's mainly water and has no ion in common should precipitate salt from solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephir Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 ... why the addition of something that's mainly water and has no ion in common should precipitate salt from solution....If we add the 30% solution of spirit in water into concentrated solution of sodium chloride, most of salt will precipitate as well. How is it possible, if the solution consist mostly of water and the spirit has no ions? Hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 What was added wasn't spirit, it was a solution of ammonia in water so it was still overwhelmingly water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephir Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 What was added wasn't spirit.... ...it was 30% solution of spirit, supposedly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Who supposed this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Dom3mo, do NOT listen to this FOOL! Feel free to use your product in the kitchen again. absolutely do NOT reuse this salt! if you can`t Buy NaOH or just want to try and make some of your own for the enjoyment, then make a strong soln of washing soda (sodium carbonate) and make a slurry of garden lime and water then pour the carbonate in and stir well. you`ll have Sodium Hydroxide soln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchlady Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Dom3mo, May I ask why are trying to make sodium hydroxide? It is indeed very caustic stuff and if you did not have a very good use for it, I would recommend (imo) that you DONT fool around with it. Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom3mo Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Dom3mo, May I ask why are trying to make sodium hydroxide? It is indeed very caustic stuff and if you did not have a very good use for it, I would recommend (imo) that you DONT fool around with it. Jen To make water more conductive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkblade48 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 You can make water more conductive by simply adding ions to the solution (i.e. with sodium chloride, water becomes much more conductive); there is no need for sodium hydroxide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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