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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:49 pm    Post subject: Electrolysis Reply with quote

Hello,
I wanted to know in a Down's Cell where sodium and chlorine are extracted from molten sodium chloride, why cannot the ANODE be constructed of iron??

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At the temperature of the process the chlorine produced would react with the iron and it would need to be replaced on a regular basis
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