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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
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 18:23:03 1985
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Summary: 

In article <2358@ukma.UUCP> slg@ukma.UUCP (Sean Gilley) writes:
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>
>     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.