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Question
Give appropriate scientific reasons for Carbon tetrachloride does not conduct electricity.
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Solution
Carbon tetrachloride is made of individual covalently bonded molecules, CCl4. In addition, the charged particles are absent in CCl4 which could conduct electricity. So, CCl4 does not conduct electricity
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