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Which of the following would you expect to be strong electrolytes when placed in water?
Which of the statements below support the answers you chose above? (Pick as many as apply.)
- a Ionic compounds always produce a significant number of ions in aqueous solution.
- b A molecular compound can be either a weak electrolyte or a nonelectrolyte.
- c Soluble ionic compounds are strong electrolytes.
- d Water conducts electricity so that whenever water is present, we would expect a strong electrolyte.
- e Some molecular substances completely ionize in aqueous solution.
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