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How to clean clogged drain
How to clean greasy cooker hood
How to clean ceramic stovetop
How to clean pot from burn food
How to clean grease stains from pot bottoms
Those are the things you can learn in this video!
Although Sodium hydroxide is very useful – it is also very corrosive, wear gloves and protect your eyes when working with sodium hydroxide! Also don’t use it on aluminum, they will react.
hot sodium hydroxide can dissolve glass, including ceramic stove surfaces!
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How to clean clogged drain
How to clean greasy cooker hood
How to clean ceramic stovetop
How to clean pot from burn food
How to clean grease stains from pot bottoms
Those are the things you can learn in this video!
Although Sodium hydroxide is very useful – it is also very corrosive, wear gloves and protect your eyes when working with sodium hydroxide! Also don’t use it on aluminum, they will react.
hot sodium hydroxide can dissolve glass, including ceramic stove surfaces!
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Be safe!
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![Reaction of Aluminum with Water and Sodium Hydroxide
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Shortly thereafter, a violent reaction causing gas production begins. An oxyhydrogen gas probe returns positive.
Under normal circumstances, aluminum does not react with water, as an impermeable protective layer composed of aluminum hydroxide either forms within seconds or is already in place. With the addition of sodium hydroxide, the formation of a protective layer is prevented. With the production of aluminates (Al(OH)4-), the amphoteric (capable of acting as either an acid or a base) aluminum hydroxide Al(OH)3 goes in solution:
2 Al + 6 H2O = 2 Al(OH)3 + 3 H2
Al(OH)3 + NaOH = Na+ + [Al(OH)4]-
A layer of aluminum oxide previously formed by passive corrosion is dissolved by the addition of sodium hydroxide. For this reason, the reaction takes place at the beginning relatively slowly:
Al2O3 + 2 NaOH + 3 H2O = 2 Na+ + 2 [Al(OH)4]-
The aluminum completely dissolves and the water acts here too as an acid .
This reaction is used in drain cleaners. They are mostly made out of strong alkalis, to which alumunim or zinc has been added. The alkalis break down organic residues chemically. In addition, the formation of hydrogen leads to a bubbling effect which adds an additional mechanical cleaning mechanism. Reaction of Aluminum with Water and Sodium Hydroxide](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lNd6rzBxTzo/mqdefault.jpg)





