Chemical Effects of Electric Current

When an electrolysis is being conducted, carbon is used as _____.

Carbon electrodes are used as electrodes in electrolysis due to its conductivity.

Which electrodes are used in electrolysis? Why?

Carbon electrodes are used in electrolysis.

Short circuit happens in a circuit due to the chemical effect of electric current.

Why is carbon used as electrode commonly?

Are only metals used for the manufacturing of electrodes? And why?

If you pass current through copper sulphate solution, sulphate ions will be deposited on the electrode in _____ terminal of the battery.

Name one compound which is decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen by using the chemical effect of electric current.

Which gases are liberated during electrolysis of water ?

During the electrolysis of sodium chloride, sodium gas is evolved at the cathode .

A bulb glows on passing a current through it. This happens due to the _____(Chemical/Heating) effect of current.

A cation has _____ charge.

Electrolysis of water was first done by _____. 

(William Nicholson/Alessandro Volta)

The passage of an electric current through a solution causes _____ (physical/chemical) changes.

The type of ion that moves towards the cathode.

The electrode of an electrolytic cell that is connected to the negative terminal of the battery

When common salt $\left(\mathrm{NaCl}\right)$is dissolved in water, it splits into sodium $\left({\mathrm{Na}}^{+}\right)$ ion and chloride $\left({\mathrm{Cl}}^{-}\right)$ ion. These ions get attracted towards the electrodes

How will you test chemical effect of electric current? 

Who discovered the chemical effect of current and how?