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प्रश्न
Give appropriate scientific reasons for Carbon tetrachloride does not conduct electricity.
उत्तर
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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