Faraday did not know the nature of these species, but he knew that since metals dissolved into and entered a solution at one electrode and new metal came forth from a solution at the other electrode; that some kind of substance has moved through the solution in a current.
Faraday tidak mengetahui sifat spesies ini, tetapi ia mengetahui bahwa ketika logam larut ke dalam dan memasuki larutan pada satu elektrode, logam baru muncul dari larutan pada elektrode lainnya; zat tersebut telah bergerak melalui larutan dalam suatu arus.