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Give reasons why although copper is a good conductor of electricity, it is a non-electrolyte.

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Give reasons why although copper is a good conductor of electricity, it is a non-electrolyte.

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Solution

Copper has no mobile electrons in the solid state and an electrolyte should dissociate into oppositely charged ions to conduct electricity.
Hence, copper is a non-electrolyte.

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Chapter 6: Electrolysis - EXERCISE-6 [Page 119]

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