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Rubbing alcohol, isopropanol, or isopropyl alcohol does not conduct electricity on its own, but might if something is dissolved in it. Rubbing alcohol is a covalent/molecular compound (an alcohol to be specific) and, therefore, cannot become an electrolyte like, for example, table salt. Electrolytes only come from ionic compounds, not covalent or molecular.

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