How electrical conduction takes place in an electrolytic solution?
Electrolytes are those substances whose water solution conducts the electric current and which decomposes into its constituents when an electric current passes through it. For example, solutions of acids, bases and salts. Electrolytic conduction takes place by the movement of ions through the solutions.
The molecules of an electrolyte when dissolved in water produce two kinds of charged particles, a positively charged particle called cation and the other equal but negatively charged particle called anion. These charged particles are called ions and the process is known as ionisation. Usually these ions are suspended in aqueous solutions.
When an electric current is passed through an electrolytic solution, The positively charged cations migrate towards the cathode and negatively charged anions migrate towards the anode. These ions losses their charges and normal products are formed. This movement of ions constitute electric current in the electrolytic solution.
The molecules of an electrolyte when dissolved in water produce two kinds of charged particles, a positively charged particle called cation and the other equal but negatively charged particle called anion. These charged particles are called ions and the process is known as ionisation. Usually these ions are suspended in aqueous solutions.
When an electric current is passed through an electrolytic solution, The positively charged cations migrate towards the cathode and negatively charged anions migrate towards the anode. These ions losses their charges and normal products are formed. This movement of ions constitute electric current in the electrolytic solution.