Assertion :In electrolyte refining of metal, impure metal is made cathode while a strip of pure metal is used as anode. Reason: The pure metal gets deposited at anode as anode mud.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution
The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect In the Electrolytic refining method, the impure metal is made to act as anode. A strip of same metal in pure form is used as cathode. They are put in a suitable electrolytic bath containing soluble salt of same metal. The more basic metal remains in the solution and less basic ones go to the anode mud.
Copper is refined using an electrolytic method, anode of impure copper and pure copper strips are taken as cathode in the acidified copper sulphate solution. Impurities from the blister copper deposit as anode mud.