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Pure dihydrogen (99.5\%) is obtained by the electrolysis of
ChemistryElectrochemistryMHT CETMHT CET 2021 (22 Sep Shift 2)
Options:
  • A $\mathrm{NaOH}_{(\mathrm{aq})}$ using $\mathrm{Zn}$ electrode
  • B pure water
  • C dil. $\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4$ using cadmium electrodes
  • D warm barium hydroxide using $\mathrm{Ni}$ electrodes
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The correct answer is: warm barium hydroxide using $\mathrm{Ni}$ electrodes
- In the laboratory, high purity compounds can be obtained only with electrolysis.
- $\quad$ Similarly, highly purified dihydrogen is also obtained by electrolyzing water using a small amount of acid or base.
- Here, $\mathrm{Ba}(\mathrm{OH})_2$ is a base. Hence, electrolyzing water in the presence of a base $\mathrm{Ba}(\mathrm{OH})_2$ gives us the highly purified (> $99.95 \%$ ) Dihydrogen $\left(\mathrm{H}_2\right)$ using Ni electrodes.

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