Electrolyte. An electrolyte is an electrically conductive medium through which the transport of electricity is brought about by the transfer of charged entities call ions. The charge on the ion may be negative (i.e. and anion) or it may be positive (i.e. a cation) An ion can contain more than one charge and some, namely polyelectrolytes may contain multiple charges. Electrolytes are sometimes referred to as ionic solutions but electrolytes can also occur as fused salts and need not necessarily constitute a solution.

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