{"id":202676,"date":"2025-03-17T19:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=202676"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:12:55","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-a-nonelectrolyte-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/17\/which-of-the-following-is-a-nonelectrolyte-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is a nonelectrolyte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following is a nonelectrolyte? Please state why or why not for each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) NaOH<br>b) HNO3<br>c) C2H6O (ethanol)<br>d) KF<br>e) CH3COOH (acetic acid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>C2H6O (ethanol)<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation of each compound:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Electrolyte:<\/strong> NaOH is a strong base and dissociates completely in water into sodium ions (Na\u207a) and hydroxide ions (OH\u207b).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Why it&#8217;s an electrolyte:<\/strong> Since NaOH dissociates completely into ions, it can conduct electricity in solution. This makes it a strong electrolyte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HNO3 (Nitric Acid):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Electrolyte:<\/strong> HNO3 is a strong acid and also dissociates completely in water into hydrogen ions (H\u207a) and nitrate ions (NO\u2083\u207b).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Why it&#8217;s an electrolyte:<\/strong> Like NaOH, HNO3 dissociates completely in solution, producing ions that allow the solution to conduct electricity. Hence, it&#8217;s a strong electrolyte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>C2H6O (Ethanol):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nonelectrolyte:<\/strong> Ethanol (C2H6O) is an organic compound that does not dissociate into ions when dissolved in water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Why it&#8217;s a nonelectrolyte:<\/strong> Ethanol is a molecular compound, not ionic, and thus does not break into charged particles in solution. It exists as neutral molecules, meaning it does not conduct electricity. Therefore, ethanol is a nonelectrolyte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>KF (Potassium Fluoride):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Electrolyte:<\/strong> KF is an ionic compound that dissociates completely in water into potassium ions (K\u207a) and fluoride ions (F\u207b).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Why it&#8217;s an electrolyte:<\/strong> Since KF dissociates into ions in solution, it can conduct electricity, making it a strong electrolyte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CH3COOH (Acetic Acid):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Electrolyte (weak electrolyte):<\/strong> Acetic acid is a weak acid, and although it dissociates partially in water, it doesn&#8217;t dissociate completely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Why it&#8217;s an electrolyte (weak):<\/strong> Acetic acid forms ions in solution (H\u207a and acetate ions, CH\u2083COO\u207b), but since it only partially dissociates, it is a weak electrolyte. While it conducts electricity, it does so less efficiently compared to strong electrolytes like NaOH or HNO3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethanol (C2H6O) is the only <strong>nonelectrolyte<\/strong> in the list because it does not dissociate into ions in solution and therefore cannot conduct electricity. The other compounds dissociate into ions, making them electrolytes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following is a nonelectrolyte? Please state why or why not for each. a) NaOHb) HNO3c) C2H6O (ethanol)d) KFe) CH3COOH (acetic acid) The correct answer and explanation is : The correct answer is C2H6O (ethanol). Here&#8217;s why: Explanation of each compound: Conclusion: Ethanol (C2H6O) is the only nonelectrolyte in the list because it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}