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Do common salt and sodium hydroxide chemically react together and if they react what do they form on reacting?

Answer 1

They don't react.

Usually what happens in a reaction with two compounds is double replacement (the partner switch), where the anions and cations switch.

for example:

#KBr + AgNO_3 => KNO_3 + AgBr#

common table salt is NaCl. So if NaCl and NaOH go through double replacement, the end result will be the same because they both have Na as a cation.

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Answer 2

Axel Alvarado

It is true that there is a chemical reaction between common salt (sodium chloride) and sodium hydroxide that yields sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and water (H2O).

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