why does running electricity through most water cause electrocution when we can observe that distilled water does not conduct electricity
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Expert's answer
2016-12-06T15:28:07-0500
The water conducts electricity because there are small amounts of calcium and magnesium salts dissolved in it. Distilled water does not have metal ions (e.g. Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ ) which contained in dissolved salts that’s why it does not conduct electricity.
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