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What is used to break down compounds into elements during electrolysis?
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∙ 6y ago
You have two electrodes, one positively charged and one negatively charged by means of the voltage that you are applying. So, positively charged ions in a solution are attracted electrostatically to the negatively charged electrode where they receive electrons. And negatively charged ions are attracted electrostatically to the positively charged electrode where they donate electrons. Thus ions return to their uncharged elemental state.
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Can compounds be broken down into their component elements?
Yes they can, compounds can break down into their component elements under certain environmental temperatures.
How is a compound broken into its components?
There are various ways to break down compounds into their constituent elements. Any compound will break down at a sufficiently high temperature. Electrolysis is useful for many industrial processes, such as the refinement of aluminum. In terms of organic chemistry, there are enzymes which catalyze the breakdown of specific molecules, usually into simpler molecules, rather than into elements. The specific technique you use would depend upon the specific compound that you wish to break down.
What is a process that uses electric current to break chemical bonds?
electrolysis electro is electrical power lysis is latin for breakdown
How can water be decomposed into its elements hydrogen and oxygen?
Electrolysis of water using carbon rods and a low voltage of electric current will break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. Theoretically, thermolysis (electrolysis at a high temperature) would be more efficient, given a suitable source of heat energy.
Can carbonic acid be broken down into two elements?
No. Carbonic acid is a compound of 3 elements: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It will, however, readily break down into water and carbon dioxide, which are compounds.
What are the some methods to break water into elements?
A method of separation is electrolysis.
What does common salt break into during electrolysis of its solution?
The products of the electrolysis are sodium hydroxide and chlorine.
Does acid break down elements?
No. It can however break down compounds.
What are the states of matter in elements and compounds?
solidliquidgasplasma (compounds can rarely exist in this state, as they break down into their ionized elements)
Can compounds be broken down into their component elements?
Yes they can, compounds can break down into their component elements under certain environmental temperatures.
How is a compound different from the elements that break it up?
compounds are those elements put together
What happens to compounds when they break down?
They become 2 or more elements
What is the method used to break up compounds into the elements that formed it?
chemical process
How is a compound broken into its components?
There are various ways to break down compounds into their constituent elements. Any compound will break down at a sufficiently high temperature. Electrolysis is useful for many industrial processes, such as the refinement of aluminum. In terms of organic chemistry, there are enzymes which catalyze the breakdown of specific molecules, usually into simpler molecules, rather than into elements. The specific technique you use would depend upon the specific compound that you wish to break down.
Do chemical elements in a cereal break down when mixed with water?
No. Elements cannot be broken down by chemical means, compounds can. Some substances in the cereal may dissolve in water, but they do not break down. Once you eat and start digesting the cereal, then compounds start to break down.
What is a process that uses electric current to break chemical bonds?
electrolysis electro is electrical power lysis is latin for breakdown
What two compounds can be decomposed by electrolysis?
Yes. Electrolysis" literally means to break something apart (in this case water) using electricity. u like poo
