Question

describe the extraction of sodium from rock salt on industrial scale?​

Answer 1

Answer:

On industrial scale sodium metal is extracted by "Down's Process". Down's Process is based on the electrolysis of fused NaCl. Down's cell consists of a rectangular container of steel. ... so that Na and Cl2 are kept apart.

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Answer 2

The extraction of sodium from rock salt on an industrial scale is done by Down's Process.

Explanation:

• On industrial scale Sodium metal is extracted b Down's Process.
• Down's Process is the electrochemical method which is used for the extraction of sodium metal.
• It is based on the electrolysis of fused Sodium chloride.
• In this process a special apparatus Down's cell is used which consists of a rectangular container of steel in which sodium and chlorine are kept separately.
• Down's cell was invented by American chemist James Cloyd Downs.