Electrolysis of sodium salts of aliphatic acids with ac

✍ Scribed by S.C. Srivastava; S.N. Shukla

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1967
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 554 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-4686
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(67)80101-4

✦ Synopsis

The electrolysis of aqueous solutions of sodium salts of saturated monocarboxylic acids containing also the corresponding acid at the same concentration has been studied using symmetrical ac at different cds, frequencies and concentrations of the solution, It has been found that the products formed during electrolysis are, in general, the same as obtained by dc electrolysis; their production has been explained on the basis of the formation of free radicals at the electrodes, these free radicals under oing various subsequent reactions %i ex much Y!i=ci gher cd than that with dc. The current e t fragmentation. Electrolysis with ac starts at a ency with respect to the formation of hydrocarbon decreases as the ac frequency increases and the amount of oxygen evolved is, in all cases, less than what would be expected.

In every case, carbon starts depositing on the electrodes and with the progress of its deposition the evolution of gases decrease s until it stops completely.