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Explain why copper, though a good conductor of electricity, is a non-electrolyte.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 11 Feb, 2015, 01:29: PM
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Copper metal is solid and has no mobile ions whereas  an electrolyte should dissociate into oppositely charged ions to conduct the electric current.

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