Science, asked by ppp34, 1 year ago

why are the most carbon compounds poor conductors of electricity

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Answered by Akansha04

Because they do not have free electrons...

Answered by sandeep189

Because covalent bonds are formed by sharing of electrons..they dont hv a free electron that is required for electricity transfer(electricity is the flow of free electrons!) thus they re bad conductors.. but ionic cmpounds are good cond bcoz of the same reason...

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