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How is electrolysis different from what is going on chemically inside a battery? electrolysis does not use electrons. you do not produce a chemical change in electrolysis. you cannot make pure compounds with electrolysis. electrolysis only uses electrons from a cathode. they are the same process, just reversed?

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Answer:

they are the same process, just reversed

Step-by-step explanation:

Electrolysis is the process that converts electrical energy into chemical energy. The process involves the decomposition of an ionic compound by means of electric current passed through its solution.

A battery is an electrochemical cell in which chemical energy is converted to electrical energy. Here chemical reactions usually redox produces electric current.

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