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C2 5.7 Electrolysis of brine

Author: Gemma Boyson

This lesson explains what happens when brine (sodium chloride solution) is electrolysed, and why the products are essential.

Source: Gemma Boyson

BBC Bitesize Links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa/electrolysis/electrolysisrev5.shtml

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize

Electrolysis of Brine

A graphic way of understanding what's happening

Electrolysis of concentrated sodium chloride (brine) using inert graphite electrodes.

This flash animation looks in reasonable detail at what happens during the electrolysis of brine - a concentrated aqueous solution of sodium chloride - using inert graphite electrodes

Source: Frankly Chemistry