GCSE Chemistry - Electrolysis P2 - Electrolysis to Extract Metals From Oxides - Explained #41

This video covers:
- How to extract reactive metals from their oxides using electrolysis
- Recap of extracting unreactive metals with 'reduction by carbon'
- The specific example of extracting aluminium from aluminium oxide
- Writing half equations for electrolysis (higher tier)
- Writing overall equations for electrolysis (higher tier)
This video is suitable for:
- Both tiers (except the end which is for higher tier only from 4:15)
- All exam boards
- Triple and combined science

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    @jaromedovey3174 Жыл бұрын

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    7 ай бұрын

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    7 ай бұрын

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    5 ай бұрын

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  • @nebula-collector
    @nebula-collectorАй бұрын

    Good luck to all on chemistry tomorrow.

  • @Qarxyu

    @Qarxyu

    Ай бұрын

    I’m cooked

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    @fyrazz7695

    Ай бұрын

    @@Qarxyu lol

  • @anastasiaanautodidact9856
    @anastasiaanautodidact98563 жыл бұрын

    nothing less than excellency! you've explained it in five minutes better than teachers did in 9 hours .

  • @Cognitoedu

    @Cognitoedu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Anastasia glad it helped!!

  • @divyavarghese6232

    @divyavarghese6232

    Жыл бұрын

    It was standardised...and the visuals helped a lot....teachers can't demonstrate experiments as visuals unless u go to a lab and there teachers can only show you what is in the limits of the lab....she can't just heat something upto 2000 degrees in a school lab

  • @louisstanfield4872

    @louisstanfield4872

    Жыл бұрын

    sadly you are too silly to understand simple chemistry and see all of the mistakes in this video you doughnut

  • @namijanega162

    @namijanega162

    Жыл бұрын

    Some teachers r good some are bad but i bet none have a whole lab filled with melting chamber thingys and electron microscopes and accurate electrolysis equipment.

  • @Jacobinks

    @Jacobinks

    Жыл бұрын

    Roblox

  • @Cognitoedu
    @Cognitoedu4 жыл бұрын

    Hi everyone - we've got two mistakes to own up to here! 1 - the formula for Aluminium Oxide (at 0:20), should be Al2O3, and *not* Al3O2. 2 - the battery should be drawn with the shorter lines (the negative terminals) on the left, and the longer lines (the positive terminals) on the right. Sorry about that

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    @shaziashah8645

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @CobaltMagmaStudios

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @kirishima8897

    3 жыл бұрын

    at 3:44 there were three oxygen atoms, so whered the fourth one come from

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    @subaitasubaita3051

    2 жыл бұрын

    please pin your comment

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    @kaverimehta7848

    2 жыл бұрын

    As If I care. Your teaching is so cool that not even nobody will see the mistake 😎 (Inside joke…Percy Jackson Reference)

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    @vibes.54703 жыл бұрын

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    @madeleinej60483 жыл бұрын

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  • @Cognitoedu

    @Cognitoedu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah thank you so much Madeleine, it's so lovely to receive comments like this. Really glad you're enjoying the videos and that you're finding them so helpful 🤩

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    @n0t.t148Ай бұрын

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    @katieluxon6732

    Ай бұрын

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    @techiester83113 жыл бұрын

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    @omagah71522 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for saving my exam 🙏 Our teacher literally doesn’t explain anything at all and you explained it better in 6 minutes than he did in 4 classes

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    @DrK-qi6gr Жыл бұрын

    Amazing lecture man, you taught me more than my chem teacher as usual

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    @Jacobinks

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @gracerobins9751
    @gracerobins97512 жыл бұрын

    thanks so much for listing the tiers this is for! i’m higher and i’ve been worried i’m only revising foundation- thanks a lot for this x

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  • @rachelsteve5581
    @rachelsteve55815 жыл бұрын

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  • @nancyaldebany3372
    @nancyaldebany33723 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, really helped.

  • @terryattard1889
    @terryattard18897 ай бұрын

    I really love these videos. I do electrolysis on a very frequent basis - that's how I found these videos while browsing. However, I cannot wrap my head around putting that molten metal into a beaker. I think "crucible" is the word you're looking for sir! :)

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    @anooshatapes Жыл бұрын

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    @ivrystaychill23703 жыл бұрын

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    @f1community65628 күн бұрын

    If there is more than one lot of ions that go to an eletrode do the less reaction ions gets formed and the others displaced?

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    @ahmedehab19213 жыл бұрын

    thank you it was really helpful

  • @user-ok1ig3fh7o
    @user-ok1ig3fh7o6 ай бұрын

    I am a chemistry teacher, and i noticed that your electrolysis diagram's battery is wrong. The positive side is connected to the cathode, and the negative side is connected to the anode. This will cause the current to not work, as it should be the other way around. My ninth grade students pointed this out, and I just wanted to point it out in case anyone needs the help. Overall, I really enjoyed your explanation, and this was a helpful video.

  • @thesausageman5388

    @thesausageman5388

    5 ай бұрын

    Ninth grade? If you’re American, why are your students watching UK-Based GCSE vids?

  • @abhishek8797
    @abhishek87972 жыл бұрын

    This helped me so much

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    @marklinow279211 ай бұрын

    do other metal ores also get mixed with cryolite or is another process required for that?

  • @enathanva
    @enathanva Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I understand now.

  • @agmakes4639
    @agmakes46393 жыл бұрын

    Who’s watching this cause of online lesson

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    @snowflakearticice1642

    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @claraishungry501

    3 жыл бұрын

    me :'( online classes suck

  • @mazensakr991
    @mazensakr9913 жыл бұрын

    can anyone explain how i can balance the overall equation

  • @ClaraMorri-yn6rw
    @ClaraMorri-yn6rw2 ай бұрын

    you have made me the king of electrolysis

  • @BobMarley-yz4wh
    @BobMarley-yz4wh5 жыл бұрын

    Thx. Really helped. Keep the vids coming

  • @Cognitoedu

    @Cognitoedu

    5 жыл бұрын

    That’s great to hear - thanks Abdul :)

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    @AbdullahKhan15

    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @bugbea

    2 жыл бұрын

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    @jaiden4775

    2 жыл бұрын

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    @samira8485 Жыл бұрын

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    @ahmedzahid5128 Жыл бұрын

    Good work

  • @ggmumanchersterunited3523
    @ggmumanchersterunited35234 жыл бұрын

    on the diagram don't you have to draw thhe cell the other way around?

  • @benburdsall1170

    @benburdsall1170

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes he has, the cell with the short line is the negative and is therefore the cathode and not the anode as shown

  • @ollielax2671
    @ollielax26715 жыл бұрын

    Very good, thank you. Shouldn’t the battery be connected the other way, or the electrodes swapped? I say this because I think the electrons will be repelled towards the anode, and the positive ions repelled towards the anode?

  • @ollielax2671

    @ollielax2671

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sorry I meant positive ions repelled towards the cathode

  • @Cognitoedu

    @Cognitoedu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Ollie, Yes you're completely right! Sorry about that - we've drawn them the wrong way around! We've pinned a comment at the top to address this.

  • @ollielax2671

    @ollielax2671

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi thanks for the reply. No problem at all.

  • @rachelsteve5581

    @rachelsteve5581

    5 жыл бұрын

    I didn't understand this.

  • @bbruqiaazami9199

    @bbruqiaazami9199

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rachelsteve5581 think of it like this: the conventional flow of current is positive to negative and the electrons are transferred from the anode ( the positive terminal ) to the cathode, right? now the positive side of the battery is drawn towards the cathode rather then the anode and the current can't flow that way. therefore the cathode ( the negative terminal ) will repel the electrons cuz like charges repel... I really hope this makes sense and helps you! :)

  • @dishwi0
    @dishwi0 Жыл бұрын

    Is this for higher or foundation?

  • @lewishancock2808
    @lewishancock28083 жыл бұрын

    3:24 How do you know these atoms are positive or negative? does it show it on the periodic table?

  • @lewishancock2808

    @lewishancock2808

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ashika UPADHYAY Thank you so much :)

  • @Alan-tv3co

    @Alan-tv3co

    Ай бұрын

    @@lewishancock2808i can’t see the comment what was the answer

  • @get.sent1

    @get.sent1

    Ай бұрын

    @@Alan-tv3co yh what was the answer

  • @dennisyang9561
    @dennisyang9561 Жыл бұрын

    I am pretty sure in the power source the positive terminal goes to anode (negative) and negative terminal goes to cathode (positive). Anode is where oxidation happens and has negative potential. Cothode is where reduction happens and has a positive potential

  • @novaastronomia8720

    @novaastronomia8720

    7 ай бұрын

    Well, that is in the case of galvanic cells. It's the opposite in the case of electrolysis. To know more you can look it up.

  • @ahnaftanzim1452
    @ahnaftanzim14523 ай бұрын

    You guys can also watch Tyler Dewitt's videos on Electrolysis,Electroplating,Galvanic cell.But some topics are left out there like Electrolysis of Aluminum Oxide and Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions.For that you can watch free science lessons videos.

  • @chrislawrence4601
    @chrislawrence46014 жыл бұрын

    Your formula for aluminium oxide at the start of the video is incorrect.

  • @Cognitoedu

    @Cognitoedu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Chris just flagged it in the pinned comment 🤙

  • @nithilayonal4881
    @nithilayonal4881Ай бұрын

    At 5:44 shouldnt the 4Al be solid?

  • @camxvinga

    @camxvinga

    Ай бұрын

    when it cools it will be solid it has been kept molten for the reaction to work but will cool after

  • @Big_Topic
    @Big_Topic9 ай бұрын

    Why do the oxygen ions only escape into the air when their electrons are removed and not earlier? Is the strength of attraction of the anode greater than the upwards force?

  • @minaalwaseem3976

    @minaalwaseem3976

    3 ай бұрын

    because its in ion form in the solution so when it removes electrons to the anode it becomes O2 gas so can float off

  • @RaoufZaman
    @RaoufZaman2 ай бұрын

    Mashallah ❤❤

  • @BrendanHolt-rh5gf
    @BrendanHolt-rh5gf Жыл бұрын

    I am so stupid!!!!Oh god save my chemistry!!!

  • @big_guy6507
    @big_guy6507 Жыл бұрын

    Uh... Is the cathode and anode not the wrong way around in regards to the battery?

  • @IlTheOnelI

    @IlTheOnelI

    4 ай бұрын

    it is

  • @user-wd2uw4qv4k
    @user-wd2uw4qv4k3 ай бұрын

    shouldnt he have used the shorter lines on the left?

  • @tarangvankar
    @tarangvankar3 жыл бұрын

    When the oxygen reacts with the carbon anode, does it not react with the carbon to form carbon dioxide?

  • @aliabdullah6753

    @aliabdullah6753

    3 жыл бұрын

    1.There is nothing called a carbon anode 2.Carbon dioxide is formed in the reduction of the carbon method 3.Carbon dioxide cannot be formed in the electrolysis method I MIGHT BE WRONG

  • @arishahussain8130

    @arishahussain8130

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah the carbon electrode is also known as inert electrode The O2 gets dischrged at the carbon anode and due to hight emperature reacts with carbon in the the carbon anode to form co2 gas

  • @indian-tech-support

    @indian-tech-support

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aliabdullah6753 carbon reacts with oxygen to create co2 and that's why you have to replace the anode

  • @grakoe

    @grakoe

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@indian-tech-support yeah you’re right

  • @akeibazli8942
    @akeibazli89424 жыл бұрын

    How come the product gave aluminium as liquid state? Can u elaborate pls.

  • @theauburnfirefox8767

    @theauburnfirefox8767

    4 жыл бұрын

    Akei bazli I’m assuming it is because it was molten liquid to begin with though I may be wrong

  • @tayyabjanjua3255

    @tayyabjanjua3255

    3 жыл бұрын

    the solid liquid was heated and therefore state changed to liquid

  • @user-fm7vw4mx6i
    @user-fm7vw4mx6iАй бұрын

    Wait..can someone tell me why aluminium is liquid at the end? Bcs i thought it was gonna be metal?

  • @kiara7827

    @kiara7827

    4 күн бұрын

    In solid the ions can't move

  • @user-fm7vw4mx6i

    @user-fm7vw4mx6i

    3 күн бұрын

    Oh okay thanks

  • @thingy8814
    @thingy88142 жыл бұрын

    5:37 it was Al2O3 then it turned to Al and O2…what happened to the other O if it was O3?? I feel so dumb right now istg

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    @asadiqbal18822 жыл бұрын

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  • @Cognitoedu

    @Cognitoedu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah thank you so much Asad 😊

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    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @hazel-wm8ed
    @hazel-wm8ed2 жыл бұрын

    i dont understand why the half equation isnt the 2Al+^3+ 6e- -> 3al why is it just Al not 2al

  • @grakoe

    @grakoe

    2 жыл бұрын

    The reason why the Oxygen ion has a 2 is because oxygen is diatomic which means that having one ion cannot make a diatomic oxygen molecule, so you add a 2 on the left. For aluminium you only have one ion and one atom so there’s no need for balancing it with adding a coefficient

  • @waleedomari8042
    @waleedomari8042 Жыл бұрын

    0:31 I thought Aluminum Oxide was Al2O3?

  • @sweettoy3824
    @sweettoy3824 Жыл бұрын

    "oxygen is being oxidised" very interesting

  • @NoOne-yv2ei
    @NoOne-yv2ei Жыл бұрын

    Wait… if you melted the ionic compound wouldn’t its heat melt the electrodes?

  • @Big_Topic

    @Big_Topic

    9 ай бұрын

    Not if the electrodes had an even higher melting point

  • @NoOne-yv2ei

    @NoOne-yv2ei

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Big_Topic what if it doesn’t? People usually use graphite or platinum, but their melting points, while higher, are not the highest.

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    @yixyaxo5 ай бұрын

    ily

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    @jakebaldwin13083 жыл бұрын

    Who’s here NOT because of an online lesson?....

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    @unxtraordinary

    10 ай бұрын

    Practice chemistry paper 1 test tomorrow lmao :D

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    @saltedbarofbutter

    3 ай бұрын

    I am just here cuz I like to watch this man's video. Besides, this knowledge is definitely going to help on any electrolysis questions.

  • @Joshua.Ezekiel
    @Joshua.Ezekiel2 жыл бұрын

    0:23 aluminium oxide is Al2O3 not Al3O2

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    @BernaYzg6 ай бұрын

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  • @Nitroade24
    @Nitroade243 жыл бұрын

    aa

  • @mahinourkhaled2640
    @mahinourkhaled26403 жыл бұрын

    Why did we use carbon for the electrodes

  • @ihsan2837

    @ihsan2837

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good conductor of electricity

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    @xiiaowai7472

    2 жыл бұрын

    And also cheap Plus it won't involves in electrolysis process

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    @amritkalsi80772 жыл бұрын

    i still dont get it

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    @ryze5436

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe try free science lessons

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    @nawabmurtaza5 ай бұрын

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    @btwzoyaahhh Жыл бұрын

    Even though `I am studying at CIE Cambridge IGCSE... These videos are helpful

  • @sunnyeziboy4984
    @sunnyeziboy49842 жыл бұрын

    I think your cell symbol is another way around

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    @AB-lz5io3 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    @benbrak371310 ай бұрын

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    @hydr_skys4618 Жыл бұрын

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    @shapansarker1 Жыл бұрын

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  • @zul718
    @zul7182 жыл бұрын

    Bruh the equation for aluminum oxide i al2o3 not al3o2

  • @fantasticfour8507
    @fantasticfour85073 жыл бұрын

    Man I wish i did GCSE..8.4.4 is just UGLY

  • @saphiakhidir3278
    @saphiakhidir32783 жыл бұрын

    i think you made a mistake at 5:08 as reduction is loss of oxygen and oxidation is gain of oxygen but you said it the other way round

  • @omar.t975

    @omar.t975

    3 жыл бұрын

    nope, there's a little way to remember which is which, its called OILRIG Oxidation Is Loss of electrons Reduction Is Gain of electrons Hope this helps :)

  • @hamzaibrahim8457

    @hamzaibrahim8457

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@omar.t975 but in the last video he said the opposite for extraction of metals

  • @hamzaibrahim8457

    @hamzaibrahim8457

    3 жыл бұрын

    really confused here

  • @omar.t975

    @omar.t975

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hamzaibrahim8457 so theres 2 types of reduction and oxidation, If you say sodium was oxidised, it means you added oxygen to sodium If sodium oxide was reduced, you took away the oxygen from it so now it's just sodium OILRIG is talking in terms of electrons So sodium is oxidised as it loses electrons to become positive Oxygen gains them electrons from sodium to become reduced I just used sodium as an example by the way.

  • @mikebenengtouncry3613
    @mikebenengtouncry36132 жыл бұрын

    amogn us

  • @georgiagregory4839
    @georgiagregory48393 жыл бұрын

    This shit is so confusing

  • @brutalbomber3721
    @brutalbomber37213 жыл бұрын

    Its Al2o3 not al3o2