Explain why anhydrous HCl is a bad conductor electricity while aqueous HCl is a good conductor of electricity.

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Ans: Hcl is a covalent compound and has no ion but when dissolve into solution it under go dissociation and produce ions in the solution and hence conduct electricity.

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