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Digital ACT Science Practice Question #1867

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The half-reaction occurring at the cathode (reduction) during water electrolysis is: Experiment Context (Stoichiometry of Aqueous Water Electrolysis): Students passed DC electrical current through an aqueous solution of 0.10 M Na2SO4 using platinum electrodes in a Hoffman apparatus, collecting evolved gases in calibrated burettes: Table 38: - 5 min: Cathode Gas Volume = 12.4 mL; Anode Gas Volume = 6.2 mL; Ratio (Cathode:Anode) = 2.00 - 10 min: Cathode Gas Volume = 24.8 mL; Anode Gas Volume = 12.4 mL; Ratio = 2.00 - 15 min: Cathode Gas Volume = 37.2 mL; Anode Gas Volume = 18.6 mL; Ratio = 2.00 - 20 min: Cathode Gas Volume = 49.6 mL; Anode Gas Volume = 24.8 mL; Ratio = 2.00
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Cathode = reduction: 2 H2O + 2e- -> H2 + 2 OH-.

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Reduction occurs at the cathode: electrons are gained, reducing water to hydrogen gas and hydroxide ions....

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