why doesnt pure water conduct electricity?

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anonymous · Answer

It doesn't have the minerals that it should to conduct electricity

wolfe8 · Answer

Hello and welcome to OpenStudy. NatyC here is correct. To be more precise, pure water does not have free moving ions that allow movement of electrons through it,

anonymous · Answer

but water dissociates into H+ and OH-  ions,,,arent these ions sufficient to conduct electricity?

wolfe8 · Answer

Water can break into H+ and OH- just like the salt, but it really doesn’t like to do so (the covalent bonds between the hydrogen and oxygen molecules equally share electrons within the molecule itself and it does not have an affinity for electrons, so pure water does not conduct electricity where as impure water will), making it resistant to conducting electricity. http://www.superchargedscience.com/blog/does-water-conduct-electricity/ Water dissociates when it needs to and that is when there is something in them. Like when salt is added, water and salt both dissociate to become ions.

anonymous · Answer

Thanx a lot..

wolfe8 · Answer

You're welcome. Do take time to read our CoC: http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct and enjoy your stay. If you are satisfied with this question, please close it :)