Since sodium is a metal, it will conduct heat and electricity well due to metallic bonding between its atoms. However, pure sodium does not exist in nature due to its extremely high reactivity. It is almost always locked up in compound form, and sodium usually bonds to form non-metallic solids.
Salt is an electrolyte. When dissolved in water, it dissociates into ions which can conduct electricity.
yes.
Melted wax does not conduct electricity because it is an insulator. Insulators do not allow electricity to flow through them because the electrons in the material are tightly bound and cannot move freely to conduct an electric current. This makes melted wax a poor conductor of electricity.
No, salt and glucose are not considered electrolytes. Electrolytes are substances that dissociate into ions when dissolved in water, allowing them to conduct electricity. Common electrolytes include sodium, potassium, and chloride ions. Salt, or sodium chloride, does contain electrolytes, but glucose does not.
Dissolved or (melted) sodium chloride is an electrolyte.
Salt does conduct electricity when melted.
Table salt does not absolutely have to be dissolved in any solvent to conduct electricity, because it will do so if melted. The solvent if present must be one in which the salt ionizes, with water being the most common example.
In order to conduct electric current, salt has to be either dissolved in a liquid, or else melted in its own liquid form. A pile of dry salt out of the shaker won't do it.
Sodium chloride is an electrical conductor only in solution or when is melted.
Salt is an electrolyte. When dissolved in water, it dissociates into ions which can conduct electricity.
Yes, CaCO3 melt can conduct electricity - both via its cation (Ca2+) and its anion (CO3,2-). Note that this does not apply to the solid form of this ionic salt.
Salts in solid form will not conduct electricity as the ions cannot be in motion. However when salts are dissolved in aqueous medium (to form solution), they will conduct electricity. Also salts conduct electricity in molten (or fused) state.
The salt likely contains ionic bonds. In an ionic bond, electrons are transferred from one atom to another, resulting in the formation of positive and negative ions that are attracted to each other. This allows the salt to conduct electricity when melted or dissolved in water due to the presence of free-moving ions.
no
yes.
no but it can be melted
An ionic compound can conduct electricity when it is in solution or melted.