Posted by tom on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 10:43pm.
NaCl ionizes into Na^+ and Cl^- and these ions conduct the electricity from one electrode to the other. Sugar doesn't ionize; therefore, there is nothing to help the electrons from one electrode to the other.
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