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What are the products obtained during electrolysis of water?

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When electrodes are immersed in water and current is passed though it, bubbles of oxygen and hydrogen are produced. Oxygen bubbles are formed on the electrode connected to the positive terminal and hydrogen bubbles are formed on the other electrode of battery.
`2H_2Ooverset"Electrolysis"rarr2H_2+O_2`
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