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Question
Give reasons why although copper is a good conductor of electricity, it is a non-electrolyte.
Solution
Copper has no mobile electrons in the solid state and an electrolyte should dissociate into oppositely charged ions to conduct electricity.
Hence, copper is a non-electrolyte.
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