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Q: What is it called when electricity is used to split up a chemical?
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hydrogen and oxygen.


How are water molecules split apart?

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 energy in biomass is used to make electricity how is the energy stored in biomass?

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Were do you get hydrogen from?

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