Why can we not separate water into different elements?

Question: Why can we not separate water into different elements?
- Keywords:
  element,
  separation,
  substituents,
  water
Asked by jamesat79 to Colin, Christina on 18 Jun 2013.
- Christina Pagel answered on 18 Jun 2013:
  
  We can! You can separate water into Hydrogen and Oxygen by passing an electric current through water – this is called electrolysis… I think you will be learning about that at some point in Chemistry lessons! 🙂

jamesat79 commented on 18 Jun 2013:

Thanks! That is great! I didn’t know that before! It sounds very intriguing and I will have to look into it! Great answer!

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Question: Why can we not separate water into different elements?