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‘Hydrogen is obtained by electrolysis of acidified water’.
Answer the following pertaining to the preparation of hydrogen by electrolysis,
The meaning of the term ‘electrolysis’ and ‘electrolyte’.
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Solution
- Electrolysis : “Dissociation of water into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas by the passage of electric current is called electrolysis.”
\[\ce{2H2O ⇌[Electricity][Current] 2H2 + O2}\]
- Electrolyte : “A chemical compound (water) in solution state which conducts electric current and decomposes is called electrolyte.”
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