I'm aware that ions conduct electricity, however, most of the sources I've seen give me only a really basic explanation of why this happens. Does anyone have a really in-depth way of explaining this?
Dear Gee Lum!
Ionic solutions (electrolytes) are 2nd type conductors, i.e. their electric conductivity is connected with a mass transfer. In electric fields their anions move to a positively charged electrode and there donate electrons to be electroneutral whereas their cations move to a negatively charged electrode and there accept electrons to be electroneutral as well.
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Mr/Miss/Mrs Lun,
Please pay attention to:
1. L.Landau, E.Lifshitz Electrodynamics of Continuous Media ( Vol. 8; A Course of Theoretical Physics ) Pergamon Press, 1960.
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