Is antifreeze an electrolyte or a nonelectrolyte?
Answer:
It is either a non-electrolyte or a very weak one. The hydrogens in ethylene glycol (main ingredient) arent very acidic.
If your trying to answer a homework question or something Id say its safe to go with nonelectrolyte.
To write electrolyte, the implication is that the compound dissociates into ions. Alcohols do not dissociate in aqueous solutions. Ethylene glycol is a di-alcohol.
Ethylene glycol works as antifreeze just like a particle might work to depress the freezing point.
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