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  • A child staying in a coastal region tests the drinking water and also the seawater with his tester. He finds that the compass needle deflects more in the case of seawater. Can you explain the reason?

Q8. A child staying in a coastal region test the drinking water and also the seawater with his tester. He finds that the compass needle deflects more in the case of seawater. Can you explain the reason?

 

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Sea water is salty and as we know salt imparts the property of electrical conduction to water, it will be more conducting than drinking water which has a lesser amount of dissolved salt than seawater. Due to higher electrical conductivity, the deflection of the needle is more in the case of seawater.

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