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Name the Electrode at Which Aluminium Metal is Produced. - Science

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Name the electrode at which aluminium metal is produced.

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Solution

Aluminium metal is produced at cathode. During electrolysis, cathode produces electrons to reduce aluminium ions into aluminium atoms (or aluminium metal) by acting as reducing agent.  Aluminium ions are cations; therefore, they get attracted to negatively charged cathode and get deposited there.
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Chapter 3: Metals and Non-metals - Exercise 3 [Page 193]

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Lakhmir Singh Chemistry (Science) [English] Class 10
Chapter 3 Metals and Non-metals
Exercise 3 | Q 58.4 | Page 193
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