Assertion: During electrolysis of aqueous solution of NaCl2. Hydrogen is formed at anode and Oxygen is formed at cathode.
Reason: Ions gets attracted to oppositely charged electrons.
Dear Student,
First correct your question it is NaCl not NaCl2
The products of electrolysis of aqueous solution of NaCl can be explained as follow
- Electrolysis of aqueous NaCl:
Here, NaCl and Water H2O both are present and both dissociate as
NaCl -----------> Na+ + Cl-
H2O--------------> H+ + OH-
Reaction as cathode: Both Na+ and H+ will compete for cathode but reaction with higher E0 is preferred
Na+ + e- ----------> Na E0 = -2.71 V (1)
H++ e- -----------> 1/2 H2 E0 = 0.00 V (2)
Since, (2) has higher value of E0 So, H2 is product deposited at cathode.
Note-The eqn 2 can also be written as H2O + e- --------------> 1/2 H2 + OH-
Reaction as anode: Both Cl- and OH- will compete for anode but reaction with lower E0 is preferred
Cl-------------------> 1/2Cl2 + e- E0 = +1.36 V (3)
2H2O --------------> O2+ 4H+ + 4 e- E0 = +1.23 V (4)
The eqn 4 is the reaction of OH- at anode. The (4) has lower E0, it should be preferred. But due to overpotential Cl2 is preferred product at anode.
Hence, the product of electrolysis are H2 at cathode and Cl2 at anode.
Reason is true because it is ionic bond and Ions gets attracted to oppositely charged electrons.
Hence option D is correct answer
Hope it is clear
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