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The thermal decomposition of water to hydrogen and oxygen is impractical due to the very high temperatures required.

However, this is the overall reaction which takes place when water is electrolysed and during the iron chloride process for hydrogen production.

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989

2
H2O
         
2
H2
  +  
O2
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Decomplexation or Fragmentation
Iron chloride process for hydrogen production

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