Assertion: electrolysis | /r/CapableOf | use electricity
Facets:
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: to cause the decomposition of water
type: PURPOSE
value: to cause oxygen gas
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Electrolysis is simply using electricity to cause the decomposition of water (H 2 O) into hydrogen gas (H 2 ) and oxygen gas (O 2 ).1Electrolysis was discovered in 1800 by Anthony Carlisle and William Nicholson2 and is now the primary method of mass-producing hydrogen gas for energy.3
text: At the coast H2 is produced by electrolysis of seawater using the electricity, and then CH4 is formed by the reaction of H2 and CO2.