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Why is potassium usually not prepared electrolytically from one of its salts?

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Why is potassium usually not prepared electrolytically from one of its salts?

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Electrolysis is a process of decomposing ionic compounds into their elements by passing a direct electric current through the compound in a fluid form. The cations are reduced at the cathode and anions are oxidized at the anode.

                                     

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