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Why are covalent compounds generally poor conductors of electricity?

ions are responsible for the conductivity of electricity but in case of covalent compounds there are no free ions. So, covalent compounds are poor conductor of electricity. Tagging|||Chemistry||Metals and Non Metals||Reaction of Metals and Non Metals

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