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Sodium Chloride does not conduct electicity because it is not a metal.


Chemical Law: The electrons are unable to move through the latice as they could in a metal and therefore cannot carry electrical charge. Dissolving Sodium Chloride in water will enable it to conduct electricity as the electrons become free to move.

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Would a light bulb light up when placed in an aqueous solution of sodium chloride but not solid sodium chloride?

The light bulb would not light up when placed in a solid sodium chloride because the solid does not conduct electricity. However, in an aqueous solution of sodium chloride, the solution is able to conduct electricity due to the presence of free ions, allowing the light bulb to light up.


What 2 properties of sucrose distinguish it from sodium chloride?

physical or chemical? physical property: sucrose is sweet while sodium chloride is salty, sucrose is often prepared as fine, crystalline powder while sodium chloride is often prepared with larger crystals. chemical property: sucrose is made up of molecules while sodium chloride is made up of ions. sucrose when dissolved in water cannot conduct electricity because it has covalent bonds. thus there are no mobile ions or electrons to conduct electricity. sodium chloride on the other hand has mobile ions when dissolved in water. thus it can conduct electricity.


Is sodium chloride different from a metal as an electrical conductor?

Sodium chloride is different from a metal as an electrical conductor. This is because sodium chloride is an ionic compound and therefore can only conduct electricity when molten or dissolved, as the ions are free to move in this state. However, metals can conduct electricity when solid or molten because the atoms are free to move in both states, therefore they can carry an electrical charge. This is therefore the difference between sodium chloride and metals as an electrical conductor.


Why does sodium chloride not conduct electricity when solid?

solid nacl although contains ions and is an electrolyte does not conduct electricity because it does not have free valency electrons to move and thus the e- are bounded and this is the reason it does not conduct electricity


When sodium chloride dissolves in water and the sodium ions and chlorine ions become surrounded by water molecules will this solution conduct electricity?

NaCl can not conduct electricity in the solid form . When NaCl dissolves in water, it ionises into Na+ and Cl-. When electrodes are inserted into the ionic solution, the Na+ ions travel to the negative electrode and the Cl- electrons would travel to the positive electrode, hence, electricity is conducted.

Related Questions

Why does a sodium chloride crystal not conduct electricity?

Solid sodium chloride is not an electrolyte.


Is Sodium chloride do they conduct electric city?

Sodium Chloride solution (dissolved in water) conducts electricity, and molten Sodium Chloride conducts electricty, but dry crystal Sodium Chloride does not conduct electricity.


Why does a mixture of sodium chloride and water conduct electricity but sodium chloride crystal does not?

Sodium chloride solution is an electrolyte containg ions as Na+ and Cl-. Sodium solid crystal is not an electrolyte, is not dissociated.


Why does sodium chloride and water conduct electricity but a sodium chloride crystal does not?

In water sodium chloride is dissociated and the solution become an electrolyte, electrically conductive. The solid NaCl is not an electrolyte.


Can solid sodium chloride conduct elcetricity?

Solid sodium chloride doesn't conduct electricity.


Why does sodium chloride conducts electricity not when a solid?

When solid sodium chloride dos not conduct electricity because the ions are tightly bound in the ionic crystal lattice. When molten or when dissolved the ions are free to move and conduct electricity.


What would be formed when sodium chloride is dissolved in water?

When sodium chloride is dissolved in water, it dissociates into sodium ions (Na+) and chloride ions (Cl-). This forms a solution of sodium chloride where the ions are free to move and conduct electricity.


What does sodium chloride conduct?

Sodium chloride conduct electricity only when is as an electrolyte: in water solution or melted.


Does Sodium chloride solid conduct electricity?

Sodium chloride is not electrically conductive.


Does sodium chloride conduct electricity in trichloromethane?

No


Does sodium chloride conduct electricity in ethanol?

No, sodium chloride does not conduct electricity in ethanol because ethanol is a nonpolar solvent that does not dissociate ionic compounds like sodium chloride. Sodium chloride only dissolves in ethanol, it does not ionize to form free ions that can conduct electricity.


Do sodium chloride crystals conduct electricity?

Solid sodium chloride is not an electrical conductor.