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Does increase in distance of separation between electrode increases conductivity of an electrolyte?
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By definition, the conductivity of an electrolyte is going to be a constant value dependendent on a specific distance between electrodes, when measured. If you allow the distance between electrodes to vary, thus changing the definition of Conductivity, then the value of whatever you call this 'new thing' will DECREASE, as the distance increases, while all else remains equal.
Suppose it takes 60 volts AC to create a 1 amp current flow through the electrolyte with the electrodes 1 inch apart. Then you move the electrodes 2 inches apart and it takes 120 volts AC to get the same 1 amp current flow. The farther apart the electrodes are, the greater the voltage required to recreate the same 1 amp current flow. The electrolyte has not changed physically or chemically, so its actual Conductivity has not changed, but that 'new thing' you defined above has changed.
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