How does polarity of a solvant affect the capacity of a substance to conduct electricity?
Polarity of the substance decides its dissociation when put into a solvent . If the compound gets dissociated in a particular solvent then it can conduct electricity as well. For example Water is also a good solvent due to its polarity. When an ionic or polar compound enters water, it is surrounded by water molecules (Hydration). The relatively small size of water molecules typically allows many water molecules to surround one molecule of solute. The partially negative dipole ends of the water are attracted to positively charged components of the solute, and vice versa for the positive dipole ends. In general, ionic and polar substances such as acids, alcohols, and salts are relatively soluble in water, and nonpolar substances such as fats and oils are not. Nonpolar molecules stay together in water because it is energetically more favorable for the water molecules to hydrogen bond to each other than to engage in van der Waals interactions with nonpolar molecules. An example of an ionic
