{"id":203614,"date":"2025-03-20T10:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T10:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=203614"},"modified":"2025-03-20T10:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T10:45:32","slug":"label-each-substance-as-either-electrolyte-or-non-electrolyte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/20\/label-each-substance-as-either-electrolyte-or-non-electrolyte\/","title":{"rendered":"Label each substance as either electrolyte or non-electrolyte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Label each substance as either electrolyte or non-electrolyte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) HNO3 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) C12H24 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) Ca(OH)2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d) BaO <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e) C23H620H<\/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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Electrolyte vs. Non-Electrolyte Classification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HNO\u2083 (Nitric acid) &#8211; Electrolyte<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C\u2081\u2082H\u2082\u2084 (Dodecane) &#8211; Non-Electrolyte<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ca(OH)\u2082 (Calcium hydroxide) &#8211; Electrolyte<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BaO (Barium oxide) &#8211; Electrolyte<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C\u2082\u2083H\u2086\u2082OH (Long-chain alcohol) &#8211; Non-Electrolyte<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Substances are classified as <strong>electrolytes<\/strong> if they dissociate into ions when dissolved in water, enabling them to conduct electricity. <strong>Non-electrolytes<\/strong>, on the other hand, do not ionize significantly and thus do not conduct electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HNO\u2083 (Nitric Acid) \u2013 Electrolyte<\/strong><br>Nitric acid is a <strong>strong acid<\/strong>, meaning it completely ionizes in water into H\u207a and NO\u2083\u207b ions. Strong acids are excellent electrolytes because they release a high concentration of free-moving charged particles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C\u2081\u2082H\u2082\u2084 (Dodecane) \u2013 Non-Electrolyte<\/strong><br>Dodecane is a hydrocarbon, specifically an <strong>alkane<\/strong>, which is non-polar and does not dissolve in water. Since it does not produce ions in solution, it is classified as a non-electrolyte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ca(OH)\u2082 (Calcium Hydroxide) \u2013 Electrolyte<\/strong><br>Calcium hydroxide is a <strong>strong base<\/strong>, partially soluble in water, forming Ca\u00b2\u207a and OH\u207b ions. Even though its solubility is limited, the portion that dissolves does ionize completely, making it an electrolyte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BaO (Barium Oxide) \u2013 Electrolyte<\/strong><br>Barium oxide reacts with water to form <strong>Ba(OH)\u2082<\/strong>, a strong base that dissociates into Ba\u00b2\u207a and OH\u207b ions. Since it generates ions in aqueous solution, it functions as an electrolyte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C\u2082\u2083H\u2086\u2082OH (Long-Chain Alcohol) \u2013 Non-Electrolyte<\/strong><br>Alcohols generally do not ionize in water. While short-chain alcohols (like methanol) dissolve in water, long-chain alcohols are mostly nonpolar and do not significantly ionize, making them poor conductors and <strong>non-electrolytes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, electrolytes include <strong>HNO\u2083, Ca(OH)\u2082, and BaO<\/strong>, while <strong>C\u2081\u2082H\u2082\u2084 and C\u2082\u2083H\u2086\u2082OH<\/strong> are non-electrolytes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Label each substance as either electrolyte or non-electrolyte. a) HNO3 b) C12H24 c) Ca(OH)2 d) BaO e) C23H620H The correct answer and explanation is : Electrolyte vs. Non-Electrolyte Classification Explanation Substances are classified as electrolytes if they dissociate into ions when dissolved in water, enabling them to conduct electricity. Non-electrolytes, on the other hand, do [&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-203614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203614","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=203614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}