which out of distilled water and sea water is the best conductor of electricity? give reason.

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Solution

For any liquid to show conductivity needs it to be in ionised state or consist of ions.
Thus pure water or distilled water does not have ions due to which it's conductivity is very low while the sea water consists of salts which exist in ionised form in it thus it shows or possess high conductivity.
CONDUCTIVITY OF SEA WATER > CONDUCTIVITY OF DISTILLED WATER

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