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Describe the electrolysis of molten lithium chloride to produce lithium and chlorine gas.

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it mainly depends what state of lithium chloride that you use to electrolysis, if you choose the aqueous state of lithium chloride then you'll have a produce of chlorine and oxygen at the anode, lithium and hydrogen is produce at the cathode but lithium will react with water to form lithium hydroxide

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