Question

Define process of electrolysis.​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏʟʏsɪs, ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ʙʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ɪs ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀ sᴜʙsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ ᴀ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ. ... ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ɪs ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀɴ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏʟʏᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴇʟʟ, ᴀɴ ᴀᴘᴘᴀʀᴀᴛᴜs ᴄᴏɴsɪsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏᴅᴇs ʜᴇʟᴅ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ sᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇᴅ ɪᴏɴs.

Answer 2

Answer:

Electrolysis, process by which electric current is passed through a substance to effect a chemical change. ... The process is carried out in an electrolytic cell, an apparatus consisting of positive and negative electrodes held apart and dipped into a solution containing positively and negatively charged ions.