ChemistryElectrolysisJAMB
In the electrolysis of dilute sodium chloride solution with inert electrodes, the gas mainly given off at the anode is
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Answer: D. oxygen
In dilute solution OH⁻ ions are discharged in preference to Cl⁻, giving oxygen.
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