Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watdcsu!sgcpal From: sgcpal@watdcsu.UUCP (P.A. Layman [EE-SiDIC]) Newsgroups: net.sci Subject: Re: Question about Electricity Message-ID: <1843@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 18:23:03 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1843 Posted: Tue Nov 5 18:23:03 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Nov-85 04:29:19 EST References: <621@hlwpc.UUCP> <662@petrus.UUCP> <714@alberta.UUCP> <2358@ukma.UUCP> Reply-To: sgcpal@watdcsu.UUCP (P.A. Layman [EE-SiDIC]) Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 12 Summary: In article <2358@ukma.UUCP> slg@ukma.UUCP (Sean Gilley) writes: > > > Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity. The reason you need to >be careful with electricity around water is that the minerals in solution >within the water are conductors. > I'm afraid your wrong Sean. Pure water is a conductor. It's conductivity is enhanced by certain impurities, in the same way that silicon's conductivity is increased by certain dopant's. Paul L.