Below is a simplified diagram of the Downs Cell used for the manufacture of sodium. Study it and answer the questions that follow.

      

Below is a simplified diagram of the Downs Cell used for the manufacture of sodium. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
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(i) What material is anode made of? Give a reason
(ii) What precaution is taken to prevent chlorine and sodium from re-combining?
(iii) Give any two uses of sodium

  

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John
(i) Graphite: They do not react with chlorine gas

(ii) A steel diaphragm is suspended between the electrodes hence preventing chlorine and sodium from re-combining

(iii) Making sodium compounds such as Sodium Cyanide which is used in the extraction of gold

- Sodium & Potassium alloy is used as a "coolant" in nucleaur reaction
johnmulu answered the question on May 17, 2017 at 09:30


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