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How are boiling water and electrolysis the same?

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when you perform electrolysis on water, you are turning water into hydrogen and oxygen gas, that's where the bubbles come from. ... You turned water into water vapor. The main difference is that electrolysis is a chemical change and boiling is a physical change.
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Step-by-step explanation:

when you perform electrolysis on water, you are turning water into hydrogen and oxygen gas, that's where the bubbles come from. ... You turned water into water vapor. The main difference is that electrolysis is a chemical change and boiling is a physical change.

When water is boiled, it undergoes a physical change, not a chemical change. The molecules of water don't break apart into hydrogen and oxygen.

One of the best electrolytes for water electrolysis is sulphuric acid (H2SO4). When it ionises in water, it breaks down, depending on its concentration, to either H+ and HSO4- or 2 H+ and SO4- -.

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