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Electrolysis of aqueous sodium hypochlorite with water as oxidizing agent

Electrolysis of aqueous sodium hypochlorite yields sodium perchlorate and hydrogen (Other reactions are here). This reaction is an oxidation-reduction reaction and is classified as follows:

Table of contents
  1. 1Reaction data
  2. 2Thermodynamic changes
  3. 3References
  4. 4Related reactions
  5. 5Related categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

Electrolysis of aqueous sodium hypochlorite with water as oxidizing agent

General equation

Electrolysis of aqueous solution with water as oxidizing agent
Miscible with water/Very soluble in water/Soluble in waterReducing agent + H2OOxidizing agent
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ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product

Oxidation state of each atom

Electrolysis of aqueous sodium hypochlorite with water as oxidizing agent

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
NaClOSodium hypochlorite1
Reducing
Very soluble in water
H2OWater3
Oxidizing
Water

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
NaClO4Sodium perchlorate1
Oxidized
H2Hydrogen3
Reduced

Thermodynamic changes

Changes in standard condition (1)

Electrolysis of aqueous sodium hypochlorite with water as oxidizing agent
ΔrG739.7 kJ/mol
K0.26 × 10−129
pK129.59
NaClOIonized aqueous solution + 3H2OLiquid
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NaClO4Ionized aqueous solution + 3H2Gas
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
835.3739.7323
835.3739.7323
per 1 mol of
278.4246.6108
per 1 mol of
835.3739.7323
per 1 mol of
278.4246.6108

Changes in standard condition (2)

Electrolysis of aqueous sodium hypochlorite with water as oxidizing agent
ΔrG792.5 kJ/mol
K0.14 × 10−138
pK138.84
NaClOIonized aqueous solution + 3H2OLiquid
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NaClO4Ionized aqueous solution + 3H2Un-ionized aqueous solution
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
822.7792.51662
822.7792.51662
per 1 mol of
274.2264.2554.0
per 1 mol of
822.7792.51662
per 1 mol of
274.2264.2554.0

Thermodynamic data of reactants

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
NaClO (ai)-347.3[1]-298.7[1]100[1]
H2O (cr)
H2O (l)-285.830[1]-237.129[1]69.91[1]75.291[1]
H2O (g)-241.818[1]-228.572[1]188.825[1]33.577[1]
* (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid, (l):Liquid, (g):Gas

Thermodynamic data of products

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
NaClO4 (cr)-383.30[1]-254.85[1]142.3[1]
NaClO4 (ai)-369.45[1]-270.41[1]241.0[1]
NaClO4 (cr)
1 hydrate
-677.77[1]-494.29[1]190.8[1]
H2 (g)0[1]0[1]130.684[1]28.824[1]
H2 (ao)-4.2[1]17.6[1]577[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution

References

List of references

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