Pure distilled water does not conduct electricity as it doesn't have the free electrons necessary. If you add any impurity, especially salts (like Sodium Chloride, commonly, table salt), the impurities act as a medium for the transfer of electrons. Typically, the dirtier the water is the better of a conductor it is. On a side note, when the impurity IS a salt, the mixture is called an electrolyte... like in sports drinks.
Pure sodium is a metal, and is an electrical conductorlike other metals.
yes. Salt water can conduct electricity. It can also be a battery but not a very sustainable one.
It is a semiconductor.
An atom's conducting and insulating properties relate to its electron configuration. Sodium metal is a conductor because electrons can flow freely through the metal. On the other hands, electrons are not free to flow in sodium chloride, and thus its an insulator.
Sodium is included as a alkali metal in the modern periodic table.
While sodium is a good conductor of electricity, it is not the best conductor. Metals like copper and silver are better conductors of electricity due to their higher number of free electrons that can easily carry electric current. Sodium is still used as a conductor in some applications, especially in sodium-vapor lamps.
Liquid sodium chloride is a conductor but not the best.
No, sodium is a metal and is not a semiconductor. Semiconductors are materials that have conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. Sodium is a good conductor of electricity due to its metallic properties.
yes
Solid sodium chloride is not an electrical conductor.
Pure sodium is a metal, and is an electrical conductorlike other metals.
Solid sodium chloride is not an electrical conductor.
Sodium chloride is an electrolyte only in water solutions or when is melted. Solid sodium chloride is not a conductor of electricity.
Not positive, but fairly sure that solid sodium chloride is not a conductor. Molten sodium chloride is a good conductor.
Sodium chloride in solution or melted is a good conductor of electricity; but sodium chloride doesn't produce electricity.
The same reason that all conductors are conductors: it has a lot of free electrons.
When it is a solid sodium chloride is not an electrical conductor.