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Also known as: electrolytic conductor
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- Key People:
- Svante Arrhenius
- Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch
Test whether solutions formed by ionic or covalent bonds show more electrical resistance
Conducting electric current in a solution of electrolytes.
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See all videos for this articleelectrolyte, in chemistry and physics, substance that conducts electric current as a result of a dissociation into positively and negatively charged particles called ions, which migrate toward and ordinarily are discharged at the negative and positive terminals (cathode and anode) of an electric circuit, respectively. The most familiar electrolytes are acids, bases, and salts, which ionize when dissolved in such solvents as water or alcohol. Many salts, such as sodium chloride, behave as electrolytes when melted in the absence of any solvent; and some, such as silver iodide, are electrolytes even in the solid state.