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  2. Electrical conductor - Wikipedia

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    Liquids made of compounds with only covalent bonds cannot conduct electricity. Certain organic ionic liquids , by contrast, can conduct an electric current. While pure water is not an electrical conductor, even a small portion of ionic impurities, such as salt , can rapidly transform it into a conductor.

  3. Sources of electrical energy - Wikipedia

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    Friction is the least-used of the six methods of producing energy. If a cloth rubs against an object, the object will display an effect called friction electricity. The object becomes charged due to the rubbing process, and now possesses an static electrical charge, hence it is also called static electricity. There are two main types of ...

  4. Electrolyte - Wikipedia

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    An electrolyte is a substance that conducts electricity through the movement of ions, but not through the movement of electrons. [1] [2] [3] This includes most soluble salts, acids, and bases, dissolved in a polar solvent like water. Upon dissolving, the substance separates into cations and anions, which disperse uniformly throughout the ...

  5. Solvated electron - Wikipedia

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    These solutions conduct electricity. The blue colour of the solution is due to ammoniated electrons, which absorb energy in the visible region of light. The diffusivity of the solvated electron in liquid ammonia can be determined using potential-step chronoamperometry. [6] Solvated electrons in ammonia are the anions of salts called electrides.

  6. Chemical energy - Wikipedia

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    Chemical energy is the energy of chemical substances that is released when the substances undergo a chemical reaction and transform into other substances. Some examples of storage media of chemical energy include batteries, [1] food, and gasoline (as well as oxygen gas, which is of high chemical energy due to its relatively weak double bond [2] and indispensable for chemical-energy release in ...

  7. Household chemicals - Wikipedia

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    Food additives generally do not fall under this category, unless they have a use other than for human consumption. Additives in general (e.g. stabilizers and coloring found in washing powder and dishwasher detergents ) make the classification of household chemicals more complex, especially in terms of health - some of these chemicals are ...

  8. Conductive polymer - Wikipedia

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    Conductive polymers or, more precisely, intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) are organic polymers that conduct electricity. [1] [2] Such compounds may have metallic conductivity or can be semiconductors. The main advantage of conductive polymers is that they are easy to process, mainly by dispersion.

  9. Electricity - Wikipedia

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    Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwell's equations.