What's the difference between the electrical conductivity of.....?

Question

of the mixture containing equal volumes of acetic acid and aqueous ammonia to the conductivity of acetic acid and ammonia alone?

Answer 1

when mixed they make a salt - ammonium acetate and that is very electrolytic. so the electrical conductivity of the mixture is much higher than either solution by itself. i found a nice little slide show that kinda demonstrates it below.

Answer 2

Conductors have an overlapping of valence and conduction bands. So the electrons can easily flow across the bands and hence conduct easily. Semiconductors have a small gap between the valence and conduction bands and hence a little of the electrons flow across the bands . But on increasing temperature , semiconductor shows increased conductivity , opposite to the metals. Insulators have a very large energy difference between the valence and conduction bands . No electron flows across these bands . hence no conductivity :) Hope it helps :)

Answer 3

Off the top of my head I would think either alone would have better conductivity. The mixture of the acid and base would tend toward neutralization thereby having less conductivity.