What Is Electrolysis | Reactions | Chemistry | FuseSchool

What Is Electrolysis | Reactions | Chemistry | FuseSchool
Electrolysis is electrical current flow through a liquid which causes chemical changes. The liquid can be a molten ionic compound or aqueous solution. The liquid will contain free-flowing positive ions and negative ions. The positive ions are called cations, and the negative ions are called anions.
Electrodes are submerged in the liquid (electrolyte solution) and connected to an electrical cell. The electrons will start to flow in the wires and this will cause one electrode to become positively charged (the anode) and the other negatively charged (the cathode). This has an immediate knock-on effect in the molten liquid, and the ions in it. The positive ions in the liquid (electrolyte) are attracted to the negative electrode (cathode). The negative ions in the liquid (electrolyte), is going to be attracted to the positive electrode (anode). This is because opposite electrical charges attract. When the ions meet the electrodes, electron exchange happens and this triggers a chemical reaction. Remember that electrolysis can also take place in ionic solutions as well as molten compounds. The more concentrated the solution, the greater the ion flow rate. Ion flow rate can also be increased by increasing the potential difference or voltage across the cell.
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Electrolysis means splitting by electricity. An electricity is applied to separate an ionic compound when it is molten or dissolved. There is a battery operated between the positive and negative electrode. Positive will attract the negative and negative will attract the positive during the process of electrolysis. At the down portion there will be electrolyte. For the main attempt of electrolysis, it should made of ions and it have to be molten or dissolved so, the ions are free to move. The positive calles anode and the negative one called cathode.

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Electrolysis means splitting By electricity. Electricity is applied to separate it from its compound. During the process of electrolysis the positive and negative ions attract each other . The positive one move to the negative side and the negative one moves to the positive one. Electrolysis only depends on these things the ions need to move frequently. It needs to dissolved in water or to be melted for free ions to move.

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I think in the animation at 2:21 the cell should have been placed in reverse manner, because in the wires the electrons move from negative terminal to positive terminal whereas in a battery they should move from positive terminal to negative terminal, that means you have given the wrong depiction

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