electricity is conducted through any substance in liquid state.

solutions conduct electricity through mobile ions.

LIQUIDS OR SOLUTIONS WHICH CONDUCT ELECTRICITY ARE CALLED ELECROLYTES.

LIQUIDS OR SOLUTIONS WHICH DO NOT CONDUCT ELECTRICITY ARE CALLED NON-ELECTROLYTES.

compounds such as sodium chloride and copper sulphate are known as ionic compounds.

when an ionic solid is heated and brought to liquid state, it is called a fused substance.

When electricity is conducted through an electrolyte, the conducters through which the electric current enters the electrolyte and exists are called electrodes.

There are 2 types of electrodes. They are,

1. Positive electrode

2. Negative electrode

The electrode connected to the positive terminal of the external supply of electricity is called the positive electrode.

The electrode connected to the negative terminal of the external supply of electricity is called the negative electrode.

The chemical change effected by passing an electric current through an electrolyte is known as ELECTROLYSIS..........

During this process, the electrolyte is converted into more simpler components.

A substance that doesn't react chamically with the electrolyte reffered as inert electrodes. Carbon (graphite) and platinum electrodes are such examples...

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