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    The document describes the electrolysis of molten lead bromide. During electrolysis, the molten lead bromide decomposes into lead metal at the cathode and bromine gas at the anode. Specifically, the positively charged lead ions move to the cathode where they gain electrons and form lead metal, while the negatively charged bromide ions move to the anode where they lose electrons and form bromine gas. The process involves oxidation at the anode and reduction at the cathode in a redox reaction. The same pattern occurs for the electrolysis of other molten ionic compounds, which decompose into their elemental forms at the electrodes.

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    The document describes the electrolysis of molten lead bromide. During electrolysis, the molten lead bromide decomposes into lead metal at the cathode and bromine gas at the anode. Specifically, the positively charged lead ions move to the cathode where they gain electrons and form lead metal, while the negatively charged bromide ions move to the anode where they lose electrons and form bromine gas. The process involves oxidation at the anode and reduction at the cathode in a redox reaction. The same pattern occurs for the electrolysis of other molten ionic compounds, which decompose into their elemental forms at the electrodes.

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    Electrolysis of Molten Ionic Compound

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    The document describes the electrolysis of molten lead bromide. During electrolysis, the molten lead bromide decomposes into lead metal at the cathode and bromine gas at the anode. Specifically, the positively charged lead ions move to the cathode where they gain electrons and form lead metal, while the negatively charged bromide ions move to the anode where they lose electrons and form bromine gas. The process involves oxidation at the anode and reduction at the cathode in a redox reaction. The same pattern occurs for the electrolysis of other molten ionic compounds, which decompose into their elemental forms at the electrodes.

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    Electrolysis of molten ionic

    compound
    The electrolysis of molten lead bromide

    The apparatus (OR


    electrolytic cell)
     The graphite rods are
    called electrodes.
     The positive electrode
    called the anode.
     The negative electrode
    is called the cathode.
    What happens in the electrolysis?

    REMEMBER : Cations move to the Cathode, Anions move to the Anode


    Oxidation Is Loss of electrons,
    Reduction Is Gain of electrons. Overall, electrolysis is a
    redox reaction. Reduction takes place at the cathode and
    oxidation at the anode
    The result is that the lead bromide has decomposed:
    lead bromide  lead + bromine
    PbBr2(l)  Pb (l) + Br2 (g)

    Note that:
     Electrons carry the current through the wires and electrodes. But the
    ions carry it through the liquid.
     The graphite electrodes are inert. They carry the current into the
    liquid, but remain unchanged. (Electrodes made of platinum are also
    inert.)
    What happens to ions in the molten lead bromide?

    The free ions move. At the cathode (-): At the anode (+):
    Opposite charges attract. Ions gain electrons: Ions lose electrons:
     the positive lead ions (Pb2+) Reduction Oxidation
    move to the cathode (-) the lead ions each receive the bromide ions each give
     The negative bromide ions two electrons and become up an electron, and become
    (Br -) move to the anode (+). lead atoms. atoms.
    The moving ions carry the Pb2+(l) + 2e-  Pb (l) 2Br-(l)  Br2 (g) + 2e- The
    current. bromine gas bubbles off.
    The electrolysis of other molten compounds

    The pattern is the same for all molten ionic compounds of


    two elements:
     Electrolysis breaks the molten ionic compound down to its
    elements, giving the metal at the cathode, and the non-
    metal at the anode.
    Activity
    Complete the table of electrolysis of the following molten compounds

    Electrolyte Cathode Anode


    Lead Bromide
    Pb2+ Br-

    Sodium Chloride

    Potassium Iodide

    Copper (II) bromide

    Zinc chloride

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