Question

carbon tetrachloride is not a good conductor of electricity. give reason to justify

Answer 1

Answer:

because carbon has 4 electron and it 's all 4 electrons are used up to form bond. so no more electrons are left. hence no electron are free to move so carbon doesn't conduct electricity.

Answer 2

Yes, carbon tetrachloride is a bad conductor of electricity.

• The chemical formula of carbon tetrachloride is $CCl_4$.
• Carbon tetrachloride is a covalent compound and a covalent bond is present between C and Cl atoms.
• Thus it can not form ions. Again all four electrons of C are used to form bonds with Cl. So, no free electrons are available.
• Thus due to the absence of any free electrons and ions carbon tetrachloride act as a bad conductor of electricity.