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Solid table salt does not conduct electric current. How does dissolving salt in water allow electric current to flow?

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Salt is an insulator. Water is a conductor. Adding salt to water doesn't make the water unable to conduct electricity anymore. Also, the electricity isn't conducting through the salt, only the water. So, adding water to salt doesn't make the salt in that water a conductor.
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