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by m tarde on December 6th, 2003

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What happens when electricity comes in contact with water?

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  • by Morphius on April 14th, 2004

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    Pure water with absolutely nothing in it will not conduct electricity. Oxygen and hydrogen can not conduct electricity, nor can they when the 2 are combined. Only when things are added can water conduct electricity. Like in movies, when someone is bathing, and the fan or radio is pushed in, they are electrocuted. This happens because soap, and dirt and oils from your body are in the water.

    Factoid #18 - New York tap water is the only tap water in the fifty states that will conduct electricity.

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    • This is a very poor - if at all one - explanation of the phenomenon, and it still manages to avoid the question...

      pareto

      by pareto on December 12th, 2005

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