Electrolysis of Water
Water can be split into its constituent elements, hydrogen and oxygen, by passing a current through it. This process is called ‘Electrolysis’. Water molecules naturally dissociated into H+ and OH-ions, which are attracted toward the cathode and anode respectively. At the cathode two H+ ions pickup electrons and form Hydrogen gas. At the anode four OH- ions combine and released Oxygen gas, molecular water and four electrons. Press the switch once to start the electrolysis process. The gasses produced, bubble their way to the surface, where they get collected inside the glass tube. This builds up pressure and pushes the water column down. Observe that the volume of Oxygen collected at the anode arm of the glass apparatus is exactly half of that of Hydrogen collected at the cathode arm. This experiment proves that the water is made up of two parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen.
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Ka um lah ban phiah ia ka sha ki ‘element’ kiba pher kiba kynthup ia u hydrogen bad oxygen, ha pyllait ba ka bor ding electrik (current) kan iaid lyngba jong ka. Kane ka rukom ban phiah ia ki bynta jong ka um lah khot ia ka ka ‘Electrolysis.’ Ki molecule jong ka um ki ia phret sha ki bynta jong ki H+ bad OH- ions, kiba shah khring sha u Cathode bad u Anode. Ha U Cathode ar tylli ki H+ ions ki bat ia ki electron ban pynlong ia U Hydrogen gas. Ha u Anode pat saw tylli u OH- ions ki ia tylli ban pyllait ia u Oxygen gas, ka Um bad 4 tylli ki electron. Nion shisien ia u budam ban sdang noh ia ka Electrolysis. Ki gas lane lyer ba lang ki mih sha jrong bad yn pyllang ia ki hapoh ka tyndong iit. Kane ka wanrah ia ka jingkhia bad ka kynjat ia ka um shapoh. Peit ia ka jingbun jong u Oxygen ba ioh ban pyllang hapoh U Anode ka long shiteng ia u ka jingdap jong u Hydrogen ha Cathode. Kane ka jingpyrshang ka pyni ba ka um ka don ar bynta- u Hydrogen bad shi bynta u Oxygen.
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