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In the lab, the addition of conc. sulfuric acid to sodium chloride gives steamy fumes of HCl gas.

This reaction is first stage of the Leblanc process for making sodium carbonate from salt.

This process is also used for making hydrogen chloride and sodium sulfate (the Mannheim process).

2
NaCl
  +  
H2SO4
         
2
HCl
  +  
Na2SO4
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Sodium chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Sodium sulfate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Proton transfer: Brønsted reaction
Sodium Halides + conc. H2SO4

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