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Essay Archive - Electrolytes
Electrolytes
Electrolytes are liquids that conduct electricity. Most need to be
dissolved into water or another solvent. Battery’s have an electrolyte in
them, either as a liquid or as a paste. Liquid electrolytes are used in
electrolysis, electroplating, and other chemical processes.
When electrolytes dissolve they release positive and negative ions.
The released ions carry electric charges between electrodes, in the
solution. Cations (a positively charged ion that migrates to the cathode,
a negative electrode) carry positive electric charges toward the cathode.
Anions....
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