Unit 6 - Electricity and Chemistry

Electrolysis

  • The splitting of a molten or aqueous ionic compound by the passage of electricity

  • Electrolyte

    • A molten or aqueous ionic compound that gets split by electricity

  • Electrodes

    • Rods that are used to pass electricity in the electrolyte

    • Positive - Anode

    • Negative - Cathode

  • Anions - positive ions; Cations - negative ions