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Question
Give appropriate scientific reasons for the following statement :
Carbon tetrachloride does not conduct electricity.
Solution
Carbon tetrachloride is a liquid and does not conduct electricity because it is a covalent compound and there are no free ions present and it contains only molecules.
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