Electrolytes

Electrolytes are liquids that conduct electricity. Most need to be dissolved into water or another solvent. Battery’s have an electrolyte in them, either as a liquid or as a paste. Liquid electrolytes are used in electrolysis, electroplating, and other chemical processes. When electrolytes dissolve they release positive and negative ions. The released ions carry electric charges between electrodes, in the solution. Cations (a positively charged ion that migrates to the cathode, a negative electrode) …

…electrical current flow. If the bonds within the molecule are easier to break by the water molecules then the degree of ionization will be greater. More current will be conducted. These are strong electrolytes. Electrolytes are needed for the regulation of body fluids, and the transmission of electrical impulses. They are lost through perspiration, and have to be replaced. There is no daily recommendation because they’re so abundant it’s easy to get enough.