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Why are carbon compounds poor conductor of electricity |
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Answer» It is so because carbon compounds are co valent compounds and are formed by sharing electons and hence the bond between two elements is not too strong as compared to electro valent compounds. \tCarbon compounds are covalent compounds. Covalent compounds are formed by sharing of electrons.\tThe electrons in the outermost shell are shared by the nearmost atoms which makes them unavailable for conducting electricity.\tAlso no chaged particales are formed in the solution.\xa0\tHence, carbon compounds along with other covalent compounds are poor conductors of electricity.\tOnly at high temperature, some lectrons move from valence band to conduction band. But the number of charge carriers are low, hence they are poor conductors.\xa0 Because they dont have charged particles or free electrons |
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