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What is electrolysis? Give examples. ​

Answer 1

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Perhaps the most familiar example of electrolysis is the decomposition (breakdown) of water into hydrogen and oxygen by means of an electric current. ... Sodium, chlorine, magnesium, and aluminum are four elements produced commercially by electrolysis.

Answer 2

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Electrolysis is the process by which electric current is passed through a substance to effect a chemical change. The chemical change is one in which the substance loses or gains an electron (oxidation or reduction).

Example: When the current is passed through the molten sodium chloride, sodium and chlorine are deposited at different electrodes. Thus, sodium chloride is decomposed into sodium and chlorine