2006-10-05 11:15:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
distilled water
It's not a great insulator, but it doesn't conduct electricity very well.
2006-10-05 11:22:54 · answer #1 · answered by actuator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of them. They can all conduct electricity.
Salt and earth are semi-conductors of electricity.
Water, whether distilled, mineralized, ionized or purified will still conduct electricity, at varying degrees but never more than an 8% voltage reduction through a small body of water.
An insulator (resists electricity) would be like rubber or wood.
Gold is an example of a super-conductor.
What kind of voltage and amperage are we talking anyway?
At 0.5v, NONE of the questioned items would conduct electricity but,
at around 50,000v, the electrical current could actually pass through a thin rubber glove!
2006-10-05 18:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by Ammy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...this is a tricky one. I'd say salt. Simply because whenever you drop an electric appliance into a bathtub or other body of water, you're in for a shock. Doesn't that prove it's a good conductor? Yeah, I'd say salt...maybe earth, but I'm leaning towards salt.
2006-10-05 18:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by seasonschange 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In science class the teacher gave us some water to electrolyze, and it wouldn't, and the whole glass was getting grumpy. Then the teacher put something in the water and it started to work. The water we started with was distilled.
2006-10-05 18:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by Bad bus driving wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know much about science, but I would say the distilled water since it doesn't contain salt??
2006-10-05 18:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by not2nite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distilled water definitely is not... but salt needs to be clarified to be definitive.
2006-10-05 18:17:32 · answer #6 · answered by entropy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
distilled water
2006-10-05 18:25:16 · answer #7 · answered by greendayrox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
distilled water
2006-10-05 18:17:38 · answer #8 · answered by Rawkus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
water no matter WHAT will conduct electricity. salt on the other hand, will not.
2006-10-05 18:23:19 · answer #9 · answered by band_being 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say the salt.
2006-10-05 18:24:53 · answer #10 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋