Do Liquids Conduct Electricity?

It is advised not to touch any electrical item with moist hands. It is dangerous to use moist hands to operate an electrical appliance as it causes harm to us. Some good and bad conductors of electricity:

Good conductors of electricity are materials that allow an electric current to flow through them. Materials that do not easily allow an electric current to flow through them, are poor conductors of electricity. Metals such as copper and aluminum have been discovered to carry electricity, whereas rubber, plastic, and wood do not.

For example, as shown below two circuits are shown, where one has impure water as the tester to complete while the other has distilled water. It has been observed that the circuit completed with impure water conducts the electricity and made the bulb glow. However, the other circuit completed with distilled water does not conduct the electricity and the bulb doesn’t glow. This is because of the fact that impure water act as a good conductor, as it contains impurities, which help to carry the current through it. Moreover, distilled water does not contain anything that can help to generate electricity through it and hence is a bad conductor or good insulator of electricity.

Chemical reactions occur when an electric current flows through a conducting material. This chemical action of electric current is termed the Chemical Effect of Electric Current. For example, Hydrogen and oxygen separate from water when an electrical current is applied to it. Over the negative pole, hydrogen is deposited, and over the positive pole, oxygen is. Bubbles are evidence of hydrogen and oxygen deposition at various poles. Some liquids are good conductors and some are poor conductors of electricity. But, most of the liquids that conduct electricity are the solutions of acids, bases, and salts. Let’s understand the concepts of the Chemical Effects of Electric Current in this article!