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Study says that water is a poor conductor of heat if so then why do they say that we shouldn't touch electric appliances with wet hands?

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★Our body is a good conductor of electricity.

★Current can easily pass through our body but if we use any insulator for touching the electrical appliances than we can be protect by current .

★ But if we use any insulator for touching the electrical appliances than we can be protect by current .

Conductors are those materials which allow electricity to pass through them .

While insulators are those materials which do not allow electricity to pass through them.

Water is a good conductor of electricity if impurities are there while pure water is insulator of electricity.

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