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Q: What gets oxidized in an electrolytic cell made with Ni and Cu electrodes?
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What gets oxidized in an electrolytic cell made with nickel cooper electrodes?

Ni2+


What gets oxidized in electrolytic cell made with nickel and copper electrodes?

Cu(s)


What gets oxidized in an electrolytic cell made with nickel and copper electrodes?

Cu(s)


What gets reduced in an electrolytic cell with nickel and copper electrodes?

Ni2+


What gets oxidized In an electrolytic cell made with nickel and copper?

Cu(s)


Which electrode gets heavier in an electrolytic cell?

The electrode where reduction occurs.


What gets reduced in an electrolytic cell made with nickel and copper?

Ni2+


What gets reduced in a galvanic cell made with magnesium and zinc electrodes?

Mg(s)


What are the advantages and disadvantages of heat treatment?

Metal gets oxidized.


What happened to an atom when it gets oxidized?

Its oxidation state increases


What is the reducing agent in redox reaction?

the reactant that has the atom that gets oxidized


What is mechanism of electrolysis's?

Mechanism of Electrolysis The process of electrolysis is exactly opposite to one that takes place in a voltaic cell. A voltaic cell or a battery uses its chemical energy to produce electrical energy. While in electrolysis, electrical energy is used to bring about a chemical change. Humphrey Davy (1807) showed this in his experiments, when he isolated potassium by passing electricity through molten potassium hydroxide. The phenomena of electrolysis can be explained by the extent to which the molecules of an electrolyte can disassociate (or break up) into electrically charged ions in a specially designed apparatus called electrolytic cell. The Electrolytic CellBack to Top An electrolytic cell consists of a container made either of glass, or any suitable plastic material called electrolytic tank, which is a bad conductor of electricity. Two electrodes (rods or plates) are placed in the tank and it is filled with the solution of the electrolyte or with molten electrolyte. An electric current called the Direct current (D.C.) is passed through the solution by connecting the electrodes to a battery. Remember : For electrolysis it is necessary to have the flow of the current in one single direction throughout, i.e., the current must be a D.C. (direct current). In the laboratory we get a D.C. (direct current) by using a dry cell or a lead accumulator battery. The normal domestic current is an A.C. (alternating current), in which the direction of the current is altered every small fraction of a second. Electrolysis cannot be easily carried out with an A.C current, as accumulation of electrons on one plate at any given instance of time does not take place. The electrolytic solution or the molten electrolyte used contains negative or positive ions that move freely throughout the solution. When an electric current is applied across the solution through the two electrodes, ions move towards the respective electrodes: cations (positively charged ions) move towards the negative terminal called cathode, and anions (negatively charged ions) move towards the positive terminal called anode. Thus, electrons flow in one particular direction through an external conducting wire connecting the two electrodes. On reaching the electrode surfaces, these ions take part in chemical reactions. The cations get reduced at the cathode, while the anions get oxidized at the anode. Thus, the electrolyte gets decomposed into its constituent ions by the passage of electricity. The products of these electrode reactions, May get deposited at the electrode surface. May go out in the form of gaseous products. May get dissolved into the solution as ions.