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☻React with acids {HCL, H2SO4} and acidic oxide {CO2, SO2}
(Acids)→NaOH+HCl NaCL+H2o
(Acids)→ NaOH (solu) +H2SO4 NaHSO4+H2o
FOR NOTE: If we use {NaOH (molten)} the rate of reaction will increase but depend
On the kind of salt.
FOR NOTE: The last reaction is reversible so that it necessary to heat it to give that
Product (NH3).
☻React with element
FOR NOTE: the hot solution will make the reaction very slowly so that we use fused
(NaOH) with such metals to make it very rapid
☻ In paper industry where it dissolve lignine {which holds the fibers wood together}.
☻ In tanning of leather where it dissolves the binding material between the fibers .
☻ In organic where it favored the artificial fibers (viscose) and natural (cellulosic) .
Industrial preparation
At cathode Na+ +e Na
Na+H2o NaOH+1/2 H2