electrolysis

• • Electrolysis – The breaking of ionic compound by passing electricity.
• • Electrolyte – The substance that undergoes Electrolysis
• • Electrode – The two conducting rods dipped in an electrolyte
• • Cathode – Where Cations (+ve charge ions) go. So it is negatively charge electrode
• • Anions – Where anions (-ve charge ions) go. So it is positively charged.
• Ionic compounds conduct Electricity when in molten or in solution as the ions are free to move when they’ are in solvent or dissolved in water.
• O – Oxidation

  I – Is

  L – Loss

  R – Reduction

  I – Is

  G – Gain
• In Solution the water also gets ionized and dissociate into H+ and OH- which also competes with the ionic compounds ions to discharge.