Alchemy: Sodium
Description
An introduction to sodium production
Type of Activity
:
group work
Audience
:
Teacher
Age Group
:
11 to 18 years
Credits
:
This resource has been provided by, or developed in partnership with, Associated Octel Co Ltd
Sodium Introduction
Handout
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Map
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesSodium video
Video
Duration :  00:05:09 time (hh:mm:ss)Sodium Labelled Downs Cell Diagram with Electrodes
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Labelled Process Diagram
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Unlabelled Process Diagram
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Aerial View of Plant
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Labelled Downs Cell Diagram
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Unlabelled Downs Cell Diagram
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Teacher Notes
Handout
Duration :  2 pagesSodium Questions
Handout
Duration :  2 pagesSodium Answers
Handout
Duration :  1 pagesSodium Fact File
Handout
Duration :  2 pagesAlchemy homepage
Tutorial
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Follow the link and then select "Sodium" from the left hand navigation menu.
Credits and acknowledgements
The Royal Society of Chemistry thanks the following individuals and organisations for their help in producing the original video clips.
- Anglesey Aluminium, Holyhead: David Frost
- Associated Octel, Ellesmere Port: Chris Lodge, Chris Milliken and Andy Prince
- BOC Gases, Thame: Chris Gill
- BP Chemicals, Wilton Teesside: Robert Neill
- British Steel, Scunthorpe: Gordon Davison
- DuPont, Wilton, Teesside: Peter Jackson
- GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage: Frank Ellis
- Hays Chemical Distribution, St Helens: Joe Marshall
- ICI Chemicals and Polymers, Runcorn: Keith Hancock, David Platt and Stan Povall
- ICI Chemicals and Polymers, Teesside: Paul Brown, Deryck Forrest, Ivor Huskinson and Ian Shannon
- IMI Refiners, Walsall: Peter Guy and Mervyn Owen
- Shell UK, Stanlow, Ellesmere Port: Harold Bardsley