What happens to water molecules as electricity passes through them that makes electrified water so deadly?

Question

And part 2: as soon as the electrical current is removed, does the water become immediately safe to touch again?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

Not an expert or chemist of sorts, but I do know that water itself does not conduct – it’s for example the dissolved salts and the metals in the water that makes it conduct electricity. Distilled water without impurities in it does not conduct electricity. As for what actually happens to the molecules; I can’t answer this.