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Question
Give appropriate scientific reasons for Carbon tetrachloride does not conduct electricity.
Solution
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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