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Explain why solid sodium chloride does not allow electricity to pass through

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Sodium chloride, being solid, has no mobile ions to conduct electricity i.e $N a^{+}$ and $C l^{-}$ ions are not free to carry electric current. Hence solid sodium chloride does not allow electricity to pass through itself.

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