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Does pure water conduct electricity? If not, what can we do to make it conduct?
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Answer
Distilled or pure water is free from salts and is a bad conductor of electricity.
When common salt (Sodium Chloride, i.e., NaCl) is dissolved in water, it becomes a good conductor.
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