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Explain why on dilution does the conductivity decrease whereas molarconductivity increases for an electrolytic solution.

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Conductivitydecreases with decrease in concentration as the number of ions per unit volume that carry the current in asolutiondecrease on dilution. ...Molar conductivity increaseswith decrease in concentration as the total volume, V, ofsolutioncontaining one mole ofelectrolytealsoincreases.

The number of ions per unit volume carrying the currentdecreasesondilution, soconductivityalwaysdecreaseswithdecreasein concentration. However, molarconductivityincreases withdilution. Hence the number of ions per unit volume that carry charge in a solutiondecreases



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