The commercial production of fluorine uses a mixture of molten potassium fluoride and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride as
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The commercial production of fluorine uses a mixture of molten potassium fluoride and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride as the electrolyte. The products of the electrolysis are hydrogen and fluorine.
(a) Why is the potassium fluoride necessary, because it is not involved in the redox reaction that occurs?
(b) What products would form if the hydrogen fluoride were not present?
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