Phakisi and Tristan want to find out what effect an electric current will have on a
blue copper chloride solution. Phakisi predicts that an electric current will break up
the copper chloride into copper and chlorine.
Copper chloride solution
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Write down an investigative question for the experiment above.
Define the term electrolysis.
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Describe your observations at the positive electrode (anode).
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Write down the formula for chlorine gas.
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Describe the energy conversion that occurs during the process above.
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Is the blue copper chloride solution an example of an ATOM or
a COMPOUND or a MIXTURE? Write down the correct option in your