During the electrolysis of aqueous NaCl, why is Chlorine gas produced at the anode instead of Oxygen, despite Oxygen having a lower reduction potential?.
Due to the "Overpotential" of oxygen, which makes its discharge kinetically slower and energetically harder than chlorine.
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