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When sodium chloride is melted, the orderly crystal structure breaks down. If a voltage is applied across this molten mass, cations migrate freely to one electrode and anions migrate to the other. This movement of ions allows electric current to flow between the electrodes through an external wire. For a similar reason, ionic compounds also conduct electric current if they are dissolved in water. When dissolved, the ions are free to move about in the solution.
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What are ALL the materials that can conduct electricity?
Anything metallic can conduct electricity. Also molten ionic compounds and solutions of ionic compounds. Aqueous acids also conduct electricity.
Does Acid solutions conduct electricity?
Yes. This is because they contain H+ Ions.
Can inorganic compounds dissolved in water conduct electricity?
yes
What conducts electricity when dissolve in water?
Ionic compounds conduct electricity when dissolved in water.
Is network solid a poor conductor of electricity?
network solids do not conduct electricity in the solid or liquid phase, but yes in the aqueous phase
What are ALL the materials that can conduct electricity?
Anything metallic can conduct electricity. Also molten ionic compounds and solutions of ionic compounds. Aqueous acids also conduct electricity.
Do ionic compounds conduct electricity when dissolved in water?
Ionic compounds dissociate in water to form positive and negative ions in aqueous solution. Such solutions can conduct electricity.
How do agueous solutions of ionic and molecular compounds difer?
Aqueous [note spelling] solutions of ionic compounds conduct electricity, but aqueous solutions of molecular compounds do not, unless the molecular compounds dissociate into ions when dissolved. Sugar, acetone, ethanol, and methanol, for example, do not dissociate, but acetic acid does.
Do covalent compounds conduct electricity as aqueous solutions?
covalent compounds can carry a charge when dissolved in water because ions separate and can carry a charge.
Do ionic compounds form solutions that conduct electricity well?
That's right, solutions of ionic compounds do conduct electricity well.
What are properties of covelant compounds?
- Low melting and boiling points - Don't dissolve easily in aqueous solutions - Don't conduct electricity
Why compound does not conduct electricity?
Any substance with free electrons (or free ions in aqueous solutions) can conduct electricity. It explains the fact that all metals conduct electricity well.
Are all ionic substances aqueous electrolytes?
if The solutions conduct electricity! They are called ELECTROLYTES
What types of compounds conduct electricity as aqueous?
Genereally ionic compounds. Hoever some polar compunds such as HCl dissociate in water and therefore conduct
Do ionic compounds dissolve to form solutions that conduct electricity?
Yes
Does copper ll chloride conduct electricity in the aqueous state?
Copper II chloride (CuCl2) is an ionic compound because copper is a metal and chloride is a non-metal. Like all ionic compounds in aqueous solutions (i.e., dissolved in water), it conducts electricity.
How can you determine experimentally whether or not a substance is present in ionic or molecular form when in aqueous solution?
If the solution will conduct electricity it is ionic. Solutions made from molecules do not conduct electricity.
