Resistance, Electrolytic

The resistance of an electrolyte to the pa age of a current decomposing it. It is almost entirely due to electrolysis and is added to by counter electro-motive force, yet it is not treated specifically as such, but as an actual resistance. When a current of a circuit of too low voltage to decompose an electrolyte is caused by way of immersed terminals to pa through an electrolyte the resistance appears very high and sometimes almost infinite. If the voltage is increased until the electrolyte is decomposed the resistance suddenly drops, and what should be termed electrolytic resistance, far lower than the true resistance, appears. 465   STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY.