the guy Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 when you electrolyse water, does the oxygen at the anode stay as atomic oxygen (O) or combine to form molecular oxygen (O2)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 atomic oxygen is highly reacitve. it won't stick around for long. it'll combine with other oxygen atoms to make oxygen but also pretty much anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guy Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 oh ok thankyou, is it the same with the hydrogen then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugrul Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 yes it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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