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Explain why molten calcium chloride and magnesium chloride conduct electricity while carbon tetrachloride and silicon tetrachloride do not

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Molten Calcium chloride and molten Magnesium chloride contains Calcium ions and chloride ions,magnesium ions and chloride respectively . These ions are mobile hence they conduct electricity. carbon tetrachloride and silicon tetrachloride have no mobile ions and therefore they can't conduct electricity.

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