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How are water molecules split apart?

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If you use pass an electrical current through water to split it into hydrogen and oxygen, it is called electrolysis. If you use a chemical reaction to split water, then it is often called oxidation or reduction depending on the process. The splitting of water itself doesn't have a name, only the processes that are used to do it.

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The overall equation for the splitting of a water molecule is 2 H2O(l) --- 2 H2(g) + O2(g). This process is called electrolysis of water.

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Using electrolysis (splitting using electricity)

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Yes they can be split

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photolysis

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hydrolysis

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