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Thanks for the tips i think i'll go with burned pencils and but the destilled water, by the way i've dryed the first solution and half of it is white stuff i don't if it was NaCl or NaOH or what is there any way to know with out touchin' it (NaOH burns skin)... YT2095 could this be NaOH another sodium compund...... And can anyone give me the amount of H2O and NaCl that I need to get pure NaOH with out water thanks

YT2095 are u saying that this water won't affect the electrolysis that much

Thanks for the tip H2SO4 I'll try burning two pencils..... Is there any way to get distilled water out of normal water

I forgot to tell u that i've used normal water (not distilled) which contains HCO3, NO3, K, F, Cl, Ca, .... will that make the reaction much more complex?

Wow! i've made a complex reaction with out knowing does the soloution know contains HCl i heard it can burn skin if it contains how can i get rid of it can i use any base compund acid + base = salt and any ideas of other dangerous compounds or elements that's there i didn't dry the soloution yet

and can u tell me the chemical formula of Iron Chlorides Hydroxides

Hi, thanks all for reply so your suggesting i use graphite electrodes (cuz it's insoluble) ok i'll try to and tell u what happens. YT2095 can u tell me exactle what compunds were formed u said Iron Chlorides Hydroxides, there will be HCl Cl NaOH NaClO3 NaOCl so where did the potasium go what did it form. i know that i didn't get the NaOH cuz i don't have any white stuff in my solution And do i need to use pure NaCl to do the electrolysis to form NaOH Thanks

Hi I'm a new user here with some basic chemistry, If u encounter some bad english well sorry thats all i've got Here is what I did I have a table salt that contains normal salt (NaCl), dextrose, potasium iodide, sodium bicarbonate, yellow prussiate of soda. I've poured some of it in water (not sure of the quantity but it's 2:2) I've taken four 1.5v batteries and connect them together with to pieces of iron. Then i've put the two pieces in water (I was expecting to get NaOH cuz i didn't know that the salt conatains potasium and other stuff) the water started bubbling it turned to yellow there is some color less gas comming out (i think it's chlorine) than after few minutes( 1-3) the solution turned into black and it was still bubbling after a while i've taken the iron pieces of while it's still bubbling and it was like the solution ate my iron pieces somehow (only a few amount was ate by the solution ) well i just want to know waht went wrong and what are the compounds i've got some tips on doing my next electrolyses. i'm a 10th grade student and just started chemistry I know about 1 third of it and we were learning about Sodium and its compunds we've taken NaOH i leanrned that u can make it by electrolysis of NaCl solution so that what happened. Thanks god i've just known that chlorine is toxic and sorry for the long topic