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  • Let us take the assumption that you are planning to stick one wire in a tub/pool of water at one end and another wire in the other end. H2O has 2 Hydrogens and 1 Oxygen. Oxygen has a -2 valence while Hydrogen has either + or -1. The atomic bond for water is very strong. When you introduce a current into water, the most basic think that will happen is that the H2 will separate from the O. The O will join with another O and become O2 (what we normally call Oxygen. H2O + Electricity (current) ---> H2 + O or more correctly 2(H2O) + currrent ----> 2(H2) + O2 Don't try this at home in the bathtub because one of the following WILL happen. The ground fault will trip. you might get electrocuted. Your mother may ground you for life.(if you survived the electrocution) If you have access to a variable low voltage supply and a glass apparatus for separating the gases, you might try this in a lab environment. *** However be aware: Hydrogen is very flamable (re: hindenberg) and oxygen is fuel for fire.
  • Pure water does not conduct electricity very well at all. Its only when substances are disolved in water that electricity can travel through it. The electric charge travels through via the dissolved ions in the water trying to complete the circuit. Also water molcules will split under sufficient current to form ions which will form at the electrodes that are placed in the water. Also any other ions (atoms or molecules which possess and electric charge) will also be attracted to these electrodes. For example if one of the electrodes is a metal spoon and the liquid is, say a solution of silver nitrate. It would be possible to plate the spoon in silver . As the silver nitrate would split into sliver (positive) ions and nitrate (negative) ions. The ions would then be attracted to their oppositely charged electrodes. when electricty is passed through the solution.
  • 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.
  • It depends. In a sense, water has inherent "electricity" in it, since it is made of electrons and protons (and a few deuterons and fewer tritons), and oxygen nuclei. Most questions of this sort usually refer to the spectacular motion picture special effects of a wire and a puddle, and someone or something getting electrocuted. Generally, in situations of that type, positive ions migrate to the electrode where the electrons are in excess, and negative ions migrate to the electrode where electrons are more scarce. The rate of this can be slow or fast, and the bad guy may or may not be part of the circuit. To clarify some misconceptions, pure water always has some ions in it, since some water molecules will spontaneously dissociate and make hydronium (H3O+) and hydroxyl (HO-) ions. The fraction of water molecules that are spontaneously dissociated is where the 14 comes from in the pH scale. Pure water has a pH of 7. The definition of pH is the negative logarithm (base 10) of the H3O+ concentration. Thus, at a pH of 7, there are just as many H3O+ ions as HO- ions. These ions are the ones that carry the current during electrolysis of pure water. Adding electrolytes (such as table salt, or sulphuric acid) to water will vastly improve its ability to carry electrical current. Table salt will not affect pH, however, because it doesn't add hydronium nor hydroxyl ions. Sulphuric acid does add hydronium, but no hydroxyl, and therefore lowers pH.
  • The substance in the home we call Water conducts electricity. However it is NOT H20 . Pure water h2O (de-ionized) is one of the best INSULATORS known. I use it for tempature stress testing of electronic circuits. Household water contains ,salts,metals and ionic -OH groups./ These groups are normal to water . Almost all water contains them. These groups conduct electricity and may effect the way the H2O itself is affected. (I just dont know that much) Hey, what di I know

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