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Starting with sodium chloride how would you proceed to prepare
(1) Sodium metal.

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Sodium metal proparation : When molten sodium chloride is electrolysed sodium metal is formed. To decrease the melting point of sodium chloride it is mixed with KCl and `CaCl_(2)`.
`NaCl to Na^(+)+Cl^(-)`
`2Cl^(-) to Cl_(2) + 2e^(-)` at anode
`Na^(+) + e^(-) to Na` at cathode.
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