If water is made from covalent bonds with no ions, why is it a conductor of electricity?

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If water is made from covalent bonds with no ions, why is it a conductor of electricity?

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Pure water is a lousy conductor of electricity. It has some ions since that is exactly what pH measures, but not much. It needs a little contamination of salt ions to be a good conductor of electricity.

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