If you needed to make ultrapure silver from crude silver, where would you collect the pure silver metal in an electrolytic cell?

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Dr. Hayek
Jun 14, 2016

In an electrolytic cell, the reduction happens on the cathode.

Explanation:

In an electrolytic cell, the reduction happens on the cathode.

Silver crude must be molten or in solution to produce the silver ion #Ag^(+)#, thus, silver can then be reduced as follows:

#Ag^(+)+1e^(-)->Ag#

Here is a video that explains electrolysis in general:
Electrochemistry | Electrolysis, Electrolytic Cell & Electroplating.

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