Ionic Atmosphere is a concept employed in Debye–Hückel theory which explains the electrolytic conductivity behaviour of solutions.
If an electrical potential is applied to an electrolytic solution, a positive ion will move towards the negative electrode and drag along an entourage of negative ions with it.
The asymmetrization of ionic atmosphere does not occur in the case of Debye Falkenhagen effect due to high frequency dependence of conductivity.
It is the tendency of the applied potential to move the ionic atmosphere itself.
These solutions as well as molten salts or ionic liquids have a structure similar to the crystalline lattice where water molecules are located between ions.