Synthesis
Industrially, sodium chlorate is synthesized from the electrolysis of a hot sodium chloride solution in a mixed electrode tank:
- NaCl + 3H2O → NaClO3 + 3H2
It can also be synthesized by passing chlorine gas into a hot sodium hydroxide solution. It is then purified by crystallization.
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