A spoonful of a white substance is mixed into a beaker of water to form a solution. The substance is either sugar or salt. Which step would be most useful for finding out whether sugar or salt is in the beaker?



Answer :

To determine whether the substance is sugar or water, get a battery and connect a wire to it to a light bulb. Allow the circuit to be completed by the solution; if the substance is water, the bulb will light up as salt is an electrolyte, but if it is sugar, the bulb will not light up as sugar is not an electrolyte

What are electrolytes?

Electrolytes are substances that when in the molten or solution form conduct electricity and are decomposed by the electricity passing through them.

Electrolytes are ionic compounds. Because the ions are not free to move when they are in the solid state, electrolytes do not conduct electricity as solids except they are molten or dissolved in water.

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