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electrolysis of water

the guy
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when you electrolyse water, does the oxygen at the anode stay as atomic oxygen (O) or combine to form molecular oxygen (O2)?

atomic oxygen is highly reacitve. it won't stick around for long. it'll combine with other oxygen atoms to make oxygen but also pretty much anything else.

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oh ok thankyou, is it the same with the hydrogen then?

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