Conductor or Semiconductor: Water qualifies as which one?

  • Conductor
  • Semiconductor
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Conductor - 6Semiconductor - 5
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because water is a polar compound.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I learned that in high school a long time ago.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
•Objects comprised of movable electric charges
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
water is an excellant conductor of electricty. A semiconductor is used in electronics.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
water has the ability to transfer electrical current through it's properties.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Charge is moved by ions as well as electrons
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It is the right answer
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Water cannot conduct electricity when it is in solid form (ice).
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
it is only a conductor when it has salt particles in it. Otherwise is not a conducting element
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Water has the limited ability to conduct minimal electric micro-amps primarily due to impurities within. However, adding some salt to the water dramatically increases its' ability to conduct electron from one pole to the other. It then becomes an active semi-conductor.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because water conduct electricity by means of electric flow and rely on ionic flow.

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