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🔹 What Is an Electrolyte?

An electrolyte is:

• A compound that dissociates (breaks apart) into positive and negative ions when it dissolves in water.

• These free-moving ions carry electric current through the solution.

✅ Saturated Solution

• A solution that has dissolved the maximum amount of solute possible at a specific temperature.

• If you add more solute, it won’t dissolve — it just sinks to the bottom.

• Example: You keep adding salt to water and stirring, but eventually, the salt stops dissolving — that’s when the solution is saturated.

✅ Unsaturated Solution

• A solution that has not yet reached the maximum solute amount it can hold.

• You can still dissolve more solute in it.

• Example: A spoon of sugar in tea — it fully dissolves, and you could add more — this is unsaturated.