electrolyzing

Current through solution

Electrolyzing is using electric current to drive a chemical reaction, typically to break compounds into their elements.

Water can be electrolyzed into hydrogen and oxygen.

The process is used industrially for metal plating, refining, and producing chemicals: The facility electrolyzes brine to produce chlorine.

decomposition

anode

Oxidation electrode

cathodeElectrode current exits through
hydrogenSimplest atomic element
oxygenElement eight, colorless gas

chlorine · brine · saltwater · electrode · ionization · electrochemical · diaphragm · membrane · dissociation · alkaline

science

electrochemistry

Study of current-reaction interplay

redoxElectron transfer chemistry
oxidationLosing electrons chemically
reductionMaking something smaller

polarization · conductivity · half-reaction

industrial

chlor-alkali

Brine electrolysis industry

smeltingExtracting metal from ore
electroplatingElectrically depositing metal layers
anodizingElectrolytic metal surface treatment

purification · bauxite · cryolite

apparatus

electrodes

Electrical contact points

platinumDense precious silvery metal
graphiteCrystalline carbon allotrope
separatorSomething that divides

membrane · terminal · rectifier · gasket

hydrogen

efficiency

Productive without waste

storageSpace for keeping goods
decarbonizationEliminating fossil fuel emissions

Opposites

chemical decomposition method

electrolyzingmelting

Solid-to-liquid transition

burning · thermolysis · combusting · pyrolysis · calcining

chemical process direction

electrolyzingelectroplating

Electrically depositing metal layers

synthesizing · galvanizing · combining · fusing · electrodeposition

Family

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