what is the chemical equation for electrolysis?
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what is the chemical equation for electrolysis?
Your question is not that clear... there are numerous equations, depending on what you're electrolysing...
Electrolysis is just a method of forcing redox (oxidation-reduction) reactions to go one way or another. For example, Aluminum is reduced from bauxite ore to the metal:
This would be accompanied by another half-reaction.
There are many, many other electrolysis reactions. A very common one is the production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide (caustic-chlorine) from seawater (NaCl).
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