Question

Oxidation potential of cl is lower than that of water but it still gets oxidised.why?

Answer 1

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The two ions that u have asked are actually anions. These will get oxidized at anode during electrolysis.

Here the discharge potential in this case is actually the oxidation potential. The ion having greater oxidation potential will get discharged earlier at the anode.

Taking in view the Standard Oxidation Electrode potential of the ions, it is clearly inferred that OH- have relatively greater oxidation potential than Cl-



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