What is electrolysis and how does it apply to water and salt?

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Meave60 · Truong-Son N.
Jul 6, 2016

Electrolysis is a means by which electric energy facilitates the chemical reaction of decomposition in which compounds are broken down into their individual elements.

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Electrolysis is the use of an electric current to facilitate the decomposition of a compound. Water is decomposed by electrolysis into #"O"_2"# and #"H"_2"#. Molten sodium chloride is also decomposed by electrolysis into #"Na"# and #"Cl"_2"#.

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