electrolysed

Current-separated into components

Electrolysed is the past tense of electrolyse, the British spelling of electrolyze.

To electrolyse is to decompose a substance by passing electric current through it: The water was electrolysed into hydrogen and oxygen.

The process is electrolysis.

electrochemistry

cathode

Electrode current exits through

redox · faraday · conductivity · galvanic · polarization · half-reaction · cell · membrane · brine · dissociation

industrial

electroplating

Electrically depositing metal layers

aluminum · copper · zinc · chlor-alkali · chromium · nickel · titanium · purification · desalination · plating

reaction

hydrogen

Simplest atomic element

  • oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
  • chlorineHalogen disinfectant element
  • sodiumEleventh element, highly reactive

hydroxide · decomposition · oxidation · reduction · bubbles · splitting · dissociation · electrodeposition · corrosion

water

hydrogen

Simplest atomic element

purification · desalination · sterilization · disinfection

Opposites
decomposition method

electrolysedburned

Damaged by fire

combusted · hydrolysed · biodegraded

chemical transformation state

electrolysedunprocessed

Not yet treated

combined · synthesised · intact · raw · untreated

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electrolysis, electrolyse

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