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Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes

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Electrolytes  

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  • Electrolyte

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /ther use: consider also ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY see FLUID THERAPY

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  • Substances that dissociate into two or more ions, to some extent, in water. Solutions of electrolytes thus conduct an electric current and can be decomposed by it (ELECTROLYSIS). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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