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Pure distilled water is a good conductor of electricity - True or False?


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True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B

False


At room temperature, water undergoes very little self-ionization. Thus we can neglect the concentrations of ions H+ and OH . Hence, without there being adequate ions, distilled water tends to be a poor conductor of electricity.


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