Does distilled water conduct electricity?

Subject: Does distilled water conduct electricity?

Date: Sun Apr 12 18:43:52 2009
Posted by Colton
Grade level: nonaligned School: Homeschooled
City: Greenville State/Province: TX Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1239587032.Ch

Message:


We tested with a 9V battery & bulb w/ & w/o meter. Putting wires in water 
produced no light. Connections soldered & tested. Meter showed 8.5V on direct 
loop. We tested tap, nursery (distilled, sodium added), and distilled-no 
sodium water in the loop.  Our observations: Tap-8.5V; Nursery-7V; Distilled-
5V (adding salt caused 8.5V). Question: Does distilled water conduct 
electricity? Does A/C vs. D/C change the outcome? Did we miss something?

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