<span>Primarily what causes water to conduct electricity are the ions present in the water itself.</span>
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solid at room temperature (with the exception of mercury)
usually shiny.
high melting point.
good conductor of heat.
good conductor of electricity.
low ionization energies.
low electro-negativities.
malleable – able to be pounded into sheets.
It is a physical property because you aren't changing the actual thing, you are just changing its size. A chemical property is changing the arrangements of the atom to give you a totally new substance that cant be changed into its original form.<span />