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In the electrolysis of water:A) Name the gas collected at cathode and anodeB) why is volume of one gas collected at one electrode is double of another?C) Why are few drops of dil. H2SO4 added to water?

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A) Hydrogen gas is COLLECTED in cathode and Oxygen gas is collected in anode .

B)The volume of hydrogen gas collected at cathode is more than volume of gas in anode this is because WATER is made up of two part of hydrogen and one part of oxygen of volume.

C) DIL h2so4 is added in water because the rate of electrolysis increases.



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