Why electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride is carried out in specially designed electrolytic cells? What happens when the gas liberated at the anode is passed through calcium hydroxide solution?
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Electrolysis of aqueous sodium chlorideElectrolysis of aqueous NaCl results in hydrogen and chloride gas. ... At the cathode (C), water is reduced to hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The net process is the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of NaCl into industrially useful products sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and chlorine gas.
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