Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Electrolysis

Electrolysis — practice question

(a)[1]

State the name used for the positive electrode.

(b)[2]

Predict the products formed during the electrolysis of molten lead(II) bromide at: the negative electrode the positive electrode

(c)[3]

Describe how you could obtain crystals of sodium bromide from a mixture containing solid lead(II) bromide and solid sodium bromide.

(d)[2]

Name the orange-brown substance. Suggest, using ideas about the reactivity of the halogens, why the reaction takes place.

(e)[1]

What colour is the precipitate when aqueous silver nitrate is added to aqueous sodium bromide?

(f)[1]

Complete the sentence about how a chloride ion is formed from a chlorine atom. A chloride ion forms when a chlorine atom gains one [BLANK].

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