why are most carbon compounds poor conductors of electricity ?
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carbon compounds are poor electrical conductors because they form covalent bonds , and they do not give ries to free electrons because all electrons are used to create the covalent bond . also carbon compound does not dissociate itself into ions . so carbon compounds are poor electrical conductor .
All carbon compounds are covalent in nature, these covalent compounds do not generally give rise to free ions in the aqueous or molten state as they have covalent bonds formed by sharing of electrons. Free ions are required for the conduction of electricity. Thus due to lack of free ions most carbon compounds do not conduct electricity.
Exceptions: Alkanoic acids or Carboxylic acids are covalent carbon compounds yet conduct electricity in the aqueous state.