the guy Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 i saw this video on how to make rust: i was just wondering what happens to the sodium in this reaction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 reacts with the water to form sodium hydroxide which is re-elecrolysed then reacts again to form sodium hydroxide and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guy Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 so in the end you end up with rust and sodium hydroxide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guy Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 if i were to try and use this with powdered aluminium in a thermite demonstration would it affect the reaction? Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedwould water not containing salt work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guy Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 ill ask again, because noone has answered and i am still wondering, would this work with pure water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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