Sodium hydride from sodium and hydrochloric acid

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chloe100
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i know that sodium react with hydrochloric acid to form sodium chloride and(according to what i readed) free hydrogen. but i also readed in wikipedia that sodium hydride is made by the direct reaction of liquid sodium with hydrogen. so sodium hydride can be formed in good proportion by passing hydrochloride gas into liquid sodium?, and what about hydrochloride salts? sodium can also react with the hydrochloride to form sodium hydride and sodium chloride?.

and another question, dose sodium hydride is pyrophoric? dose sodium hydride can be extracted from that reaction without inert atmosphere?
 
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chloe100 said:
sodium hydride can be formed in good proportion by passing hydrochloride gas into liquid sodium?/QUOTE]
chloe100 said:
and what about hydrochloride salts?
Same question: IF the number of moles of sodium exceeds the number of moles of HCl being reacted, yes.
 
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so it reacts with both HCl gas and salts?. and what about the reaction itself? it will produce enough heat to burn the sodium hydride? i readed in wiki that this substance is extremely flammable.
 
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chloe100 said:
salts?
Only if the free energy of formation of NaCl is greater than that of the chloride salt being reacted.
chloe100 said:
the reaction itself?
Which reaction? The NaH formation?
chloe100 said:
enough heat to burn the sodium hydride?
If you're forming NaH, the reaction forming it will not "burn" it. If you do this in the presence of oxygen, all you form is Na2O and water.
 
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Bystander said:
Only if the free energy of formation of NaCl is greater than that of the chloride salt being reacted.

Which reaction? The NaH formation?

If you're forming NaH, the reaction forming it will not "burn" it. If you do this in the presence of oxygen, all you form is Na2O and water.
i meant to the hydrochloride salt, does sodium metal can react with some hydrochloride salts to form NaH?. if so it can work with the presence of oxygen?
 
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chloe100 said:
the hydrochloride salt
"Hydrochloride salt" is an archaic (outdated, obsolete, useless, meaningless) term for describing chloride salts formed with organic bases, usually containing nitrogen, but there are others.
chloe100 said:
with the presence of oxygen?
No.
 
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Bystander said:
"Hydrochloride salt" is an archaic (outdated, obsolete, useless, meaningless) term for describing chloride salts formed with organic bases, usually containing nitrogen, but there are others.

No.
Bystander said:
"Hydrochloride salt" is an archaic (outdated, obsolete, useless, meaningless) term for describing chloride salts formed with organic bases, usually containing nitrogen, but there are others.

No.
so basicaly in the presence of oxygen sodium metal will react with this kind of salt(just called "chloride"?) to form sodium chloride and sodium oxide and water(sodium hydroxide at the end right?) and without oxygen it will form sodium chloride and sodium hydride?.
 
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chloe100 said:
without oxygen it will form sodium chloride and sodium hydride?.
Yes, so long as there is an excess of sodium metal beyond what's consumed forming the chloride.
 
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