Please someone give me an explained answer, I am writing a lab report, and people seem to say different things about it.
2007-02-03 00:16:37 · 7 answers · asked by beebee32002 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
No - not zero - but very close to it.
Distilled water has a conductivity in the range of 0.5 to 3 µmhos/cm.
The basic unit of measurement of conductivity is the mho or siemens. Conductivity is measured in micromhos per centimeter (µmhos/cm) or microsiemens per centimeter (µs/cm).
Conductivity is a measure of the ability of water to pass an electrical current. Conductivity in water is affected by the presence of inorganic dissolved solids such as chloride, nitrate, sulfate, and phosphate anions (ions that carry a negative charge) or sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, and aluminum cations (ions that carry a positive charge). Organic compounds like oil, phenol, alcohol, and sugar do not conduct electrical current very well and therefore have a low conductivity when in water. Conductivity is also affected by temperature: the warmer the water, the higher the conductivity. For this reason, conductivity is reported as conductivity at 25 degrees Celsius (25 C).
2007-02-03 00:26:57 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I distinctly remember being taught in high school chemistry that PURE distilled water is not conductive. It is not the water itself that conducts electricity, but the trace minterals in it. However, if somebody puts two leads in a bowl of distilled water and turns on the juice, there's no way I'm sticking MY hand into it!
2007-02-03 00:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distilled water (pure H2O) does not conduct electricity. Tap water has impurities that are there that ionize when dissolved in the water. Ions conduct electricity.
2016-05-23 22:50:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I think it's zero. Pure water is supposed to be completely covalent I think. covalent compounds don't conduct!
2007-02-03 00:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by Ieshwar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the temperature and prussure but in all cases soooooooooo small near to zero
2007-02-03 00:31:30 · answer #5 · answered by Mahmoud A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pure melted Snow is zero
2007-02-03 00:35:52 · answer #6 · answered by bige1236 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not know
2007-02-03 00:19:53 · answer #7 · answered by ann 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋