1. Chemical Compounds and Bonding
In the solid state they are non-conductors of electricity but they are good conductors of electricity in the liquid state. The solutions formed from soluble ionic compounds are good conductors of electricity. ... Ionic solids do not conduct electricity because, although they contain charged particles, these ions occupy fixed positions and are not free to move through the solid lattice. Molten ionic compounds do conduct electricity because in the molten state the positive and negative ions are no longer strongly bonded in fixed positions in a lattice but are able to move through the liquid. ......
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