Answer to Question #121990 in General Chemistry for gurjaan

Question

. One of Davy’s major questions was: "Is electricity an essential property of matter?"
Describe how electricity is an essential property of matter. Four sentences minimum.

Answer 1

Electricity is an essential property of matter in the following ways:

1) It defines certain thermal properties of metals

2) It helps living organisms to think and live

3) It makes chemical reactions possible

4) Electrical energy can be easily converted into other types of energy: mechanical, thermal, magnetic, light.