Why does tap water conduct electricity well but absolutely pure water does not?

✅ Answers

  • Pure water is not a good conductor of electricity. Ordinary distilled water in equilibrium with carbon dioxide of the air has a conductivity of about x ^- W-*m^- ( dS/m). Because the electrical current is transported by the ions in solution, the conductivity increases as the concentration of ions increases.

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  • Because it contains dissolved salts (as well as acids/bases). Ions in the water play the role of electrons in the metals.

  • Because, pure water has no minerals.

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