Question

sodium chloride is an ionic compound , but solid sodium chloride doesn't conduct electricity give reasons

Answer 1

Answer:

Sodium Chloride does not conduct electricity in the solid form but in aqueous medium.

Explanation:

Reason. The NaCl does not conduct electricity in the solid form because it's atoms are packed very closed together and are not in their ionic form.(Means that they are not in the form of Na+ and Cl-) and to conduct the electricity one needs the ions but as the NaCl is dissolved in water it conducts electricity because now it has been split into Na+ and Cl- , thus can conduct electricity