Chemistry GCSE
Industrial costs and maintenance
What Industrial costs and maintenance means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The anode must be continually replaced because it is consumed by reaction with oxygen, adding to the cost of the process.
Topics that use Industrial costs and maintenance
- Using electrolysis to extract metals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Electrolysis
- Electrolysis of molten compounds
- Extraction of reactive metals
- Industrial energy and cost considerations
- Oxidation and reduction at electrodes
- Redox at electrodes
- Electrode reactions in molten electrolysis
- Molten compounds
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