Middle school6 min

Electrical conduction in solutions

Why salt water conducts and sugar water does not: ions carry the current, not the mere fact of being dissolved.

The essentials

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What carries the current

In a metal, the electrons. In a solution, the ions. No mobile charged particles, no current.
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The test circuit

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Salt water, sugar water

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The effect of concentration

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