Industrial hydrogen is manufactured by passing an electric current through a solution of?

Alumina

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Sodium hydroxide

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Magnesium hydroxide

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Solution

The correct option is B Sodium hydroxide
Electrolysis of $N a O H$ gives hydrogen $A^{+}$ cathode

$N a^{+} + e^{-} \to N a$

At anode

$20 H^{-} \to H_{2} + O_{2} + 2 e^{-}$

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Industrial hydrogen is manufactured by passing an electric current through a solution of?

The correct option is B Sodium hydroxideElectrolysis of NaOH gives hydrogen A+ cathodeNa++e−→NaAt anode20H−→H2+O2+2e−

The correct option is B Sodium hydroxide
Electrolysis of $N a O H$ gives hydrogen $A^{+}$ cathode

$N a^{+} + e^{-} \to N a$

At anode

$20 H^{-} \to H_{2} + O_{2} + 2 e^{-}$