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Distilled water does not conduct electricity. What substances can be added to distilled .water in small amounts to make it a good conductor of electricity? Why?

Lemon solution, salt, vinegar, sulphuric acid etc. can be added to added to distilled .water in small amounts to make it a good conductor of electricity. Because distilled water does not contain any ions which make it conducting. But adding these will provide free ions for conducting solution.


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