{"id":206640,"date":"2025-04-03T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=206640"},"modified":"2025-04-03T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:00:21","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-a-nonelectrolyte-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/03\/which-of-the-following-is-a-nonelectrolyte-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is a nonelectrolyte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Which of the following is a nonelectrolyte? Please state why or why not for each. Thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) NaOH
b) HNO3
c) C2H6O (ethanol)
d) KF
e) CH3COOH (acetic acid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer: c) C\u2082H\u2086O (ethanol)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Electrolytes are substances that dissolve in water to produce ions, enabling the solution to conduct electricity. Nonelectrolytes, on the other hand, do not ionize in water and do not conduct electricity. Let\u2019s analyze each option:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • (a) NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide)<\/strong> \u2013 Electrolyte<\/strong>
    Sodium hydroxide is a strong base that dissociates completely in water into sodium ions (Na\u207a<\/strong>) and hydroxide ions (OH\u207b<\/strong>), making it a strong electrolyte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • (b) HNO\u2083 (Nitric Acid)<\/strong> \u2013 Electrolyte<\/strong>
    Nitric acid is a strong acid that completely ionizes in water into H\u207a<\/strong> and NO\u2083\u207b<\/strong> ions, making it a strong electrolyte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • (c) C\u2082H\u2086O (Ethanol)<\/strong> \u2013 Nonelectrolyte<\/strong>
    Ethanol is a covalent compound that dissolves in water but does not produce ions. Since no charged particles are formed, ethanol does not conduct electricity, making it a nonelectrolyte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • (d) KF (Potassium Fluoride)<\/strong> \u2013 Electrolyte<\/strong>
    Potassium fluoride is an ionic compound that dissociates completely in water into K\u207a<\/strong> and F\u207b<\/strong> ions, making it a strong electrolyte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • (e) CH\u2083COOH (Acetic Acid)<\/strong> \u2013 Weak Electrolyte<\/strong>
    Acetic acid only partially ionizes in water, producing H\u207a<\/strong> and CH\u2083COO\u207b<\/strong> ions. Because of this incomplete ionization, it is a weak electrolyte rather than a nonelectrolyte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Among the given choices, ethanol (C\u2082H\u2086O<\/strong>) is the only nonelectrolyte<\/strong> because it does not ionize in water and does not conduct electricity. Other substances either fully or partially ionize, classifying them as strong or weak electrolytes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Which of the following is a nonelectrolyte? Please state why or why not for each. Thanks a) NaOHb) HNO3c) C2H6O (ethanol)d) KFe) CH3COOH (acetic acid) The correct answer and explanation is : Correct Answer: c) C\u2082H\u2086O (ethanol) Explanation: Electrolytes are substances that dissolve in water to produce ions, enabling the solution to conduct electricity. Nonelectrolytes, […]<\/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-206640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206640","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=206640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}