Instead of alternating current?
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Why must the external electrical supply for an electrolytic cell be a direct current?
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because all electrolytic cells are direct current.
Electrolysis requires a cathode and an anode to work properly. Alternating current would exchange the cathode and anode about sixty times a second and as a result no electrolysis would occur. However, the electrolyte might get plenty warm.