Assertion : Salts like $\mathrm{KCl}, \mathrm{KNO}_3$ i.e., inert electrolytes are used in salt brid

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Assertion : Salts like $\mathrm{KCl}, \mathrm{KNO}_3$ i.e., inert electrolytes are used in salt bridge.
Reason : An inert electrolyte can easily be filled in the U tube.

Professor PC Thomas Classes · Answer

Assertion is true but reason is false. lons of inert electrolytes are not involved in any electrochemical change until they react chemically with the electrolytes in the two half-cells.