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which gas is evolved at cathode during electolysis of an aqueus solution of Nacl?

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At the cathode (C), water is reduced to hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The net process is the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of NaCl into industrially useful products sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and chlorine gas.

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