Question

In the electrolysis of water: a. Name the gas collected at the cathode and anode respectively. b. Why is volume of gas collected at one electrode double than that at the other? Name this gas. c. How will you test this gas?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) oxygen at the anode and hydrogen at the cathode.

b) chemical formula H2O-for every oxygen atom there are 2 hydrogen atom. hydrogen is double the oxygen produced.

c) oxygen will relight a glowing splint. Hydrogen will make a squeaky pop sound when you put a lit splint into it

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

(a) gas is collected at the cathode and gas is at anode. (1) (b) The gas which is collected in double the amount in the electrolysis of water experiment is hydrogen. This is because contains 2 parts of hydrogen element and 1 part of oxygen element by volume.