Question

Give reasons for the following : Anhydrous HCl is a bad conductor of electricity but aqueous HCl is a good conductor.

Answer 1

Since anhydrous HCL contains less amount of hydrogen ions and thus being less reactive,poor conductor , whereas aqueous HCL is in a pure form thus contains maximum amount of hydrogen(H+ ions) . In fact adding water to a HCL solution will not make much difference because of the H+ ions content in the water .

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