What do you mean by the term
(A)Electrolyte (b) electrolysis ( c) electrodes
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A)An electrolyte is a substance that produces an electrically conducting solution when dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water. The dissolved electrolyte separates into cations and anions, which disperse uniformly through the solvent. Electrically, such a solution is neutral. If an electric potential is applied to such a solution, the cations of the solution are drawn to the electrode that has an abundance of electrons, while the anions are drawn to the electrode that has a deficit of electrons
B)In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a technique that uses a direct electric current (DC) to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction. Electrolysis is commercially important as a stage in the separation of elements from naturally occurring sources such as ores using an electrolytic cell. The voltage that is needed for electrolysis to occur is called the decomposition potential
c)An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air). The word was coined by William Whewell at the request of the scientist Michael Faraday from the Greek words elektron, meaning amber (from which the word electricity is derived), and hodos, a way.
an aqueous solution is decomposed by the passage of electric current.
2.Electrolyte : A compound that allows electric current to pass through itself, when
either in a molten state or in an aqueous solution, is called an electrolyte. Solutions
of sodium chloride, copper sulphate, dilute sulphuric acid are examples of strong
electrolytes. Weak electrolytes are those compounds which are poor conductors of
electricity when they are in a molten state or in an aqueous solution.