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Title: give an example of how electrolytic cells are used in industry?
Post by: bugz on Apr 11, 2013
an electrolytic cell exists if electrical energy is required to produce a  RedOx  reaction and bring about a chemical change in a electrochemical cell.


Title: give an example of how electrolytic cells are used in industry?
Post by: dastefster on Apr 11, 2013
Commercial production of chlorine uses an electrolytic cell and salt water.  This is useful for industry because salt water is cheap, and you have to have a feed material that is cheaper than your product (otherwise you won't make money).