Today, we're going to explore whether distilled water conducts electricity. Who can remind me what a good conductor is?

Exactly! So what do you think will happen when we test distilled water?

Great prediction! Let's test it. Remember, distilled water is pure and lacks ions. So can we classify it as a good or poor conductor?

Correct! Let's check it using our tester.

Exactly! Now, what about if we add salt to the distilled water? What do you think will happen?

Let’s find out!

Now that we have added salt to our distilled water, let's retest our solution. What do you expect to see with the tester?

Yes, because salt dissociates into ions in water, allowing electricity to flow. Let's see!

That’s right! This shows that the salt solution is now a good conductor of electricity. Can someone tell me why this happens?

Excellent explanation! Remember, good conductors have freely moving ions, which is what we need for the electricity to flow.

Now that we know salt solutions conduct electricity, can anyone tell me what happens when electricity passes through these solutions?

Correct! When electric current passes through a conducting solution, it can cause changes, like producing gases or depositing metals. What kind of gas might we see?

That's right! We can observe bubbles forming on the electrodes. These reactions are part of the chemical effects of electric current.

Good connection! Yes, in electroplating, a layer of metal is deposited onto an object through the same principles we’ve discussed today.