{"id":130808,"date":"2023-02-14T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T06:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=130808"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:26:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T06:56:02","slug":"write-the-reaction-occurring-at-anode-and-cathode-and-the-products-of-electrolysis-of-aq-kcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/education\/write-the-reaction-occurring-at-anode-and-cathode-and-the-products-of-electrolysis-of-aq-kcl","title":{"rendered":"Write the reaction occurring at anode and cathode and the products of  electrolysis of aq KCl."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Question 33:Write the reaction occurring at anode and cathode and the products of electrolysis of aq KCl.<\/h2>\n<h3>The correct answer is &#8211; The electrolysis of aqueous KCl produces hydrogen gas at the cathode and chlorine gas at the anode. The overall reaction is:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w-full border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 group bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"text-base gap-4 md:gap-6 m-auto md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-2xl xl:max-w-3xl p-4 md:py-6 flex lg:px-0\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<h3>2H2O(l) + 2e- -&gt; H2(g) + 2OH-(aq) (cathode half-reaction) 2Cl-(aq) -&gt; Cl2(g) + 2e- (anode half-reaction)<\/h3>\n<h3>The net ionic equation for the electrolysis of aqueous KCl is:<\/h3>\n<h3>2H2O(l) + 2Cl-(aq) -&gt; H2(g) + Cl2(g) + 2OH-(aq)<\/h3>\n<h3>So, the products of the electrolysis of aqueous KCl are hydrogen gas and chlorine gas.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question 33:Write the reaction occurring at anode and cathode and the products of electrolysis of aq KCl. The correct answer is &#8211; The electrolysis of aqueous KCl produces hydrogen gas at the cathode and chlorine gas at the anode. The overall reaction is: 2H2O(l) + 2e- -&gt; H2(g) + 2OH-(aq) (cathode half-reaction) 2Cl-(aq) -&gt; Cl2(g) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21830,"featured_media":130487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-130808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130810,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130808\/revisions\/130810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}