Today, we are making Sodium metal, which is best known for its explosive properties when it touches water. (Boom) This explosiveness is due to the reactive nature of the metal, and due to this reactivity, it is not found in nature and has to be made. That's today's plan to try to produce sodium metal. Watch as we demonstrate the fascinating Castner process, a method of producing sodium metal through electrolysis of sodium hydroxide. Learn about the science of electrochemistry and the properties of sodium, an essential alkali metal. Perfect for chemistry lovers and anyone interested in learning about industrial processes.

Consider this video, episode 13 of the Element Series.

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Reference:
Wikipedia contributors. (2022, July 18). Castner process. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, January 1, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
Various boiling and melting points from respective wiki Pages.

Further Watching:
Nurdrage - Make Sodium Metal with Methanol (and a bunch of other stuff)    • Make Sodium Metal with Menthol (and a...  
Scrap Science - Making Sodium metal (Castner Process)    • Making Sodium Metal (The Castner Proc...  
Periodic Videos - Sodium - Periodic Table Videos    • Sodium - Periodic Table of Videos  

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Sodium Starting Point
2:14 Selecting Vessel
3:14 Electrolysis
6:33 Sodium Clean Up
7:38 Aftermath
8:23 Thanks for watching!