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Question #652d8

Answer 1

In aqueous medium the oppositely charge ions present in solution are charge carrier for conduction. They move towards oppositely charged electrode and get discharged there making chemical change of the substance dissolved and thus conduction occurs .

Some polar covalent molecules when dissolved in polar solvent, water may get ionized in the medium. As in case of Hydrogen Chloride gas , it gets ionized in aqueous medium as

`H-Cl +H_2O->H_3O^(+)+Cl^-`

This solution becomes conductor of electricity due to the presence of ions in it. But pure Hydrogen Chloride in liquid state or in dissolved state in non-polar solvent like `C Cl_4` is unable to conduct electricity due to lack of formation of ions.

Again glucose(`C_6H_12O_6`) ,a covalent compound cannot form ions when dissolved in aqueous or any polar or non-polar medium. So its solution is not a good conductor of electricity.