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The Hive => Newbee Forum => Topic started by: Lucid_Dreamer on November 16, 2003, 05:52:00 AM

Title: NaCn
Post by: Lucid_Dreamer on November 16, 2003, 05:52:00 AM
Well SWIM is at it again and he has a couple questions about synthing sodium cyanate from urea and soda ash....mostly he just wants some details, I got an introduction in to how easy it is in this post

Post 214057 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=11418.msg21405700#msg21405700)

(foxy2: "NaOCN and KOCN Production", Novel Discourse)


What should the ratio be, equimolar?

Dry reaction, or not?

How high should this be heated?

I will probably have more questions after these are answered, but for now.........

Title: ...
Post by: thallium on November 16, 2003, 02:24:00 PM
UTFSE, and read this post:

Post 442105 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=9038.msg44210500#msg44210500)

(DRIVEN: "NaOCN from urea and sodium carbonate", Methods Discourse)


You can probably use an electric kitchen oven for the heating. I also think you'd end up with a purer product if you used NaOH instead of Na2CO3...