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name the gases liberated at anode and cathode respectively when an aqueous solution of Nacl is electrolysed

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Sodium ions migrate to the cathode, where electrons enter the melt and are reduced to sodium metal.Chloride ions migrate the other way, toward the anode. They give up their electrons to the anode and are oxidized to chlorine gas.

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