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explain hydrochloric acid is a good conductor if electricity

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Any compound to be good conductor of electricity, it must carry free ions in solution.
HCl is a strong acid and it decomposes as :
HCl $\to$ H⁺ + Cl^-
Since there will be free ions in solution so HCl is good conductor of electricity.

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