What does it mean to say that the ions of an electrolyte behave independently of one another when the electrolyte is dissolved in water?
is it something about the compound splitting?
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It means that the electrolyte dissociates into its separate ions and the chemistry of the solution is the chemistry of the ions. For example, NaCl, when placed in water, dissociates into Na^+ and Cl^-. There is no NaCl anymore.