electrolysis of aq. NaCl using Hg electrodes
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When sodium ions and hydrogen ions arrive at the mercury cathode, it is the sodium ions which are discharged as sodium metal. The sodium amalgam flows out of the electrolysis cell and is reacted with water, freeing the mercury to be recycled through the cell, and producing sodium hydroxide solution and hydrogen.
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