ChemistryElectrolysisWAEC
Very dilute sodium chloride solution is electrolysed with inert electrodes. The main gas at the anode is
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Answer: D. oxygen
In very dilute solution OH⁻ ions are discharged in preference to Cl⁻, giving oxygen.
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