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8.27 Predict the products of electrolysis in each of the following:

(ii) An aqueous solution AgNO_{3} with platinum electrodes 

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(ii) since platinum(Pt) electrode cannot easily oxidize. So at the anode  H_{2}O  will oxidize and liberate oxygen and at cathode  Ag will be deposited.

At cathode- Ag^{+}+e^{+}\rightarrow Ag

At anode-  H_{2}O\rightarrow O_{2}+4H^{+} +4e^{-}

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