Define process of electrolysis.
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ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏʟʏsɪs, ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ʙʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ɪs ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀ sᴜʙsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ ᴀ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ. ... ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ɪs ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀɴ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏʟʏᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴇʟʟ, ᴀɴ ᴀᴘᴘᴀʀᴀᴛᴜs ᴄᴏɴsɪsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏᴅᴇs ʜᴇʟᴅ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ sᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇᴅ ɪᴏɴs.
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Electrolysis, process by which electric current is passed through a substance to effect a chemical change. ... The process is carried out in an electrolytic cell, an apparatus consisting of positive and negative electrodes held apart and dipped into a solution containing positively and negatively charged ions.