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Explain with a suitable example the term cathodic reduction.

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The reduction which takes place at cathode is called cathodic reduction. For example, Na is obtained by electrolysis of fused NaCl in which fused metal ore is electrolysed and pure metal is deposited at cathode.
`2NaCl to underset("Cathode")(2Na) + underset("Anode")(Cl_(2))`
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