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Why does distilled water not conduct electricity, whereas rain water does?
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Why does distilled water not conduct electricity?
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Distilled water is a pure form of water which do not contain any solute in it. Therefore it cannot conduct electricity because it does not contain ions while rain water contains dissolved salts and acids which dissociate with ions and conduct electricity.
Distilled water cannot conduct electricity because it does not contain ions while rainwater conducts electricity as it contains ions due presence of dissolved salts in it.