Answer to Question #63847 in General Chemistry for Morgan

Question

why does running electricity through most water cause electrocution when we can observe that distilled water does not conduct electricity

Answer 1

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.