The high concentration of dissolved salt ions in the electrolyte increases the conductivity.
The question came up as to why if salt ions are in fact particles of some type they do not scatter light and display the TE.
Because of its salt ions, however, sea water is a fairly good conductor.
In addition, the salt ions have a greater effect on the volatility of the mixture to be distilled than other liquid separating agents.
If there is ionization of the water, the bonding between the salt ions and the water ions must be weak.
Marine vertebrates maintain a balance of dissolved solutes and water in the body fluids by excreting excess salt ions.
Brine treatment involves removing dissolved salt ions from the waste stream.
As water evaporates from a salt solution, salt ions are no longer surrounded by solvent molecules.
The device has electrodes that specifically react with some of the salt ions normally found in sea water.
Now these water molecules with salt ions between them are in a more disordered state than they were without the salt ions.