{"id":5002,"date":"2020-12-01T07:12:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T01:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbselibrary.com\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2020-12-01T17:23:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:53:30","slug":"uses-electrolysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbselibrary.com\/uses-electrolysis\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Uses of Electrolysis"},"content":{"rendered":"
The process of electrolysis has many important industrial applications. Some of them are as follows:<\/p>\n
Electroplating is done for many purposes. Here are a few examples.<\/p>\n
Activity<\/strong> Activity<\/strong> What are the Uses of Electrolysis Uses of Electrolysis The process of electrolysis has many important industrial applications. Some of them are as follows: Electrolysis is used in industry for the production of many metals and non-metals (e.g., aluminium, magnesium, chlorine, and fluorine). Electrolysis is commonly employed for coating one metal with another. The method … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[2950,2949],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAim:<\/strong> To observe electroplating of copper on stainless steel.
\nMaterials needed:<\/strong> 20 g copper sulphate dissolved in 100 ml of water, copper strip or copper rod, two wires, battery (3-5 volt), beaker, and an object to be electroplated (stainless steel spoon or a coin).
\nMethod:<\/strong>
\n1. Take copper sulphate solution in a beaker.
\n2. Connect a copper strip (acts as the anode) to the positive terminal of the battery using a connecting wire.
\n3. Similarly, connect the object to be electroplated-(acts as the cathode) to the negative terminal of the battery using a connecting wire.
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\n4. Dip the copper strip and the object\u00a0to be electroplated in the copper sulphate solution.
\n5. Electroplate for 20-25 minutes or till a uniform brown coating of copper metal is formed on the object.
\nElectrolysis is used in the refining of impure metals. This method, called electrorefining, can be used to purify metals like copper, gold, and silver. Here is how the purification of copper is carried out.<\/p>\n
\nAim:<\/strong> To observe the deposition of copper using copper electrodes and copper sulphate solution
\nMaterials needed:<\/strong> A battery, electrical wires, a thick copper strip, a thin copper wire (with jacket removed), copper sulphate solution, and a glass tumbler. The glass tumbler should be discarded after the experiment.
\nMethod:<\/strong> Set up the experiment as shown in the figure. Wait for some time and see what happens to the cathode.
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\nObservation:<\/strong> You will observe that the pure copper cathode gets a coating of copper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"