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During electrolysis of water the amount of gas collected in one of the test tubes is double the amount collected in the other why ?

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Solution :During electrolysis of water, the water molecule decomposes to give HYDROGEN and oxygen gas. In a water molecule hydrogen and oxygen are present in `2:1` ratio, HENCE the amount of hydrogen is double the amount of oxygen.
`2H_(2)Ooverset("electric CURRENT")(to)2H_(2)+O_(2)`.


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