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Comment by malfist

2 months ago

What do you imagine happens to water when it undergoes electrolysis?

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malfist

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Nextgrid  2 months ago

It breaks down into its individual components which escape as gases. That alone shouldn't make the remaining water toxic, assuming a perfect reaction. But I guess the reaction isn't perfect due to things like impurities, the metals used as electrodes and so on?

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