Chemistry GCSE
Required practical investigation
What Required practical investigation means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Required practical investigation
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An investigation of what happens when aqueous solutions are electrolysed using inert electrodes, involving developing a hypothesis.
Topics that use Required practical investigation
- Electrolysis of aqueous solutions (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Anode
- Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
- Half-equations for reduction
- Halide preference at the anode
- Hypothesis development and testing
- Identification of electrode products
- Inert electrodes and control variables
- Ion competition in aqueous solution
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