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What is the corect product when 2Nacl + 2H2O = NaOH + H2 + Cl2 Nacl + H2o = NaOH + HCl Which is corect ?
In fact neither is correct. Sodium chloride does not hydrolyze water.
When NaCl is dissolved in water, ionization occurs to form aquated ##Na^+##, and ##Cl^-## ions.
We could represent the reaction as follows:
##NaCl rarr Na^(+)(aq) + Cl^(-)(aq)##.
##Na^(+)(aq)## represents the aquated sodium ion, which we could formulate as ##[Na(OH_2)_6]^+##, that is 1 sodium ion surrounded by, or aquated by 6 water molecules. No acid/base chemistry occurs.