CHEM 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Sodium Chloride, Sulfuric Acid, Lithium-Ion Battery

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Electrolysis: breaking of bonds (lysis) by input of electrical energy. Commonly used to decompose compounds into constituent elements. Electrolyte = molten salt (not in a solvent) Anode = most easily oxidized anion (non-metal with lowest electronegativity) Cathode = most easily reduced cation (metal with highest ionization energy) Nabr & mgcl2 : could be either na- or mg2+- ; or br- or cl: na is less electronegative than mg, so mg will accept electrons more easily than. Na, so mg2+ + 2e- mg (reduction: cl is more electronegative than br, so br will give away its electrons more easily, so 2br- br2 + 2e- (oxidation) Cannot use e half-cell values, as they are for 1. 0m aqueous solutions. Anode = formation of o2 (oxidation of oxygen in water) Cathode = formation of h2 (reduction of hydrogen in water) Electrolyte = dilute aqueous salt solution (inert salts added to increase conductivity)

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