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Light bulb will light up when electrodes are placed in an ion solution. Why is that?

This is because when a potential difference is created in an ion solution, the ions are able to react in a redox (reduction and oxidation) reaction. This allows the path of the electrons to be continued even in the liquid medium; This is why we see the light bulb light up!

Now to answer the original question, the light bulb cannot light up in deionized water because there exists no ions within the solution. This means that the circuit no longer exists at the liquid medium thus the light bulb will remain unlit

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