Name three types of substances which produce a chemical effect when electric current is passed through them.

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Acids, bases as well as salts form ions in the solution, thus solutions of acids, bases and salts produce a chemical effect when electric current is passed through them because ions gets oxidized and reduced at the respective electrodes.

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