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    The document discusses electrolysis and its chemical effects. Electrolysis is the process of using an electric current to cause decomposition of an electrolyte. It involves passing a current through a liquid containing ions between two electrodes. This causes chemical reactions to occur as ions are discharged at the electrodes. Electrolysis is used widely in industry for processes like electroplating and metal refining.

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    CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRICITY

    The passage of electric currents through liquids causes heating just as it does in solids. More importantly, chemical activity may occur in the liquids around the electrodes. Bubbles of gas are formed, deposits of metal may be seen and changes of color may occur, depending on what liquids and electrodes are used. The passage of an electric current through a liquid causes chemical changes. This process is known as electrolysis.

    Electrolysis is a decomposition of liquid compound by passing electric current through liquid called electrolyte(salt water, copper sulphate, sulphuric acid). Electrolysis is used very widely in industry like electroplating of metals, refining of copper and extraction of aluminum from ore. To make electrolysis happen there are two conductors used cathode(-) and anode(-).

    The main components required to achieve electrolysis are:


    A liquid containing mobile ions - an electrolyte An external source of direct electric current Two solid rods or plates known as electrodes

    Electrolysis is one of simplest ways to produce hydrogen, but this process require too much electrical power that makes this process inefficient (about 40%) to be used in industry. Alternative would be to use regenerative electrical plants(solar, wind, geothermal) to accumulate energy by producing hydrogen.

    Electroplating is a plating process that uses electrical current to reduce cations of desired material from a solution and coat a conductive object with a thin layer of the material such as a metal. Electroplating is primarily used for depositing a layer of material to bestow a desired property (abrasion and wear resistance, corrosion protection, lubricity, etc.) to a surface that otherwise lacks that property.

    A worker in an electroplating machine

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    Battery, also electric cell, device that converts chemical energy into electricity. Strictly speaking, a battery consists of two or more cells connected in series or parallel, but the term is also used for single cells. All cells consist of a liquid, paste, or solid electrolyte and a positive electrode, and a negative electrode. The electrolyte is an ionic conductor; one of the electrodes will react, producing electrons, while the other will accept electrons. When the electrodes are connected to a device to be powered, called a load, an electrical current flows.

    Definition of Terms
    Cation - an ion that has a positive electric charge and is attracted toward the cathode in electrolysis. Anion a negatively charged ion, especially one that is attracted to an anode. Electrolytes is any substance containing free ions that behaves as an electrically conductive medium. Electrodes a conductor through which electricity flows.

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