Different kinds of substances have different properties. Compare and contrast the electrical properties of salts, metals, and acids.
Answers
Answer:
Salts do not conduct electricity while metals and acids do.
Explanation:
Salts assuming you mean in solid state contain a giant ionic lattice structure in which oppositely charged ions are held in
f
i
x
e
d
p
o
s
i
t
i
o
n
s
, thus there are no charge carriers to carry electrical charges.
Metals contain a sea of electrons surrounding layers of metal cations, hence these
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≤
c
t
r
o
n
s
act as charge carriers allowing for electrical conductivity.
Acids assuming are dissolved, dissociate to form
H
+
and the anion for example
C
l
−
in the case of
H
C
l
which results in free mobile ions in solution allowing for charge conductivity.
Answer:
Metals are good conductors of electricity. They are extensively used in applications that require high conduction. For example, copper is used in electrical wiring.
Acids are also good conductors of electricity.
Salts in solid form don’t conduct electricity. However, when melted or dissolved in water, salt conducts electricity.