Aqueous potassium sulphate was electrolyzed using platinum electrodes in a cell......

      

Aqueous potassium sulphate was electrolyzed using platinum electrodes in a cell.
a) Name the products formed at the cathode and anode
b) How does the concentration of the electrolyte change during electrolysis?
c) Why would it not be advisable to electrolyse aqueous potassium sulphate using potassium metal electrodes?

  

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John
a) Cathode - Hydrogen, Anode - Oxygen and water

b) The concentration increases

c) There would be an explosive reaction between potassium and the solution.
johnmulu answered the question on February 16, 2017 at 05:15


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