Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Electrolysis

Electrolysis — practice question

Concentrated hydrochloric acid is electrolysed with carbon electrodes.
(a)[2]

State the products formed at the negative electrode and the positive electrode in this electrolysis.

(b)[1]

Name a metal that can be used as an inert electrode in place of carbon.

(c(i))[2]

Describe how the molecules in oxygen gas are spaced and how they move.

(c(ii))[2]

Describe a test for oxygen.

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