Why do electrolytes conduct electricity?

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Why do electrolytes conduct electricity?

2007-04-26 16:31:33 · 3 answers · asked by CIC 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

I know that they attract charges, since they're seperate and therefore, charges don't cancel out.

But what now? Electricity gets attracted to SEPERATE electrolytes...how is that going to conduct electricity?

2007-04-26 16:37:14 · update #1

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There are electrons that are capable of moving from ions of the electrolyte to other ions of the electrolyte. That movement is electricity.

2007-04-26 16:36:23 · answer #1 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Electrolytes have neither a positive or a negative charge, making them susceptibile to temporarily take a charge.

2007-04-26 23:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by Kopies M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

They are charged entities that are not fixed within a solid matrix.

2007-04-26 23:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋