A high school chemistry student wishes to demonstrate how water can be separated into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis. She knows that the reaction will proceed more rapidly if an electrolyte is added to the water, and has 2.00 M solutions of these reagants available: H2SO4, HCl, Na2SO4, Na2CO3, and CaCO3. Which ones would you use?

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Landon Cooper

29 May, 07:03

A high school chemistry student wishes to demonstrate how water can be separated into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis. She knows that the reaction will proceed more rapidly if an electrolyte is added to the water, and has 2.00 M solutions of these reagants available: H2SO4, HCl, Na2SO4, Na2CO3, and CaCO3. Which ones would you use?

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Janet Peck · Answer 1

H2SO4

Explanation:

An electrolyte is a chemical compound that conducts electricity by changing into ions when melted or dissolved into a solution. An example of an electrolyte is sodium chloride.

Strong acids such as sulfuric acid (H2SO4), and strong bases such as potassium hydroxide (KOH), and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) are frequently used as electrolytes due to their strong conducting abilities.