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Salt water

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How much salt would would you need to make water more conductive? Is there a ratio?
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Re: Salt water

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Hi MMiddleton,

The conductivity of water increases in proportion to the concentration of salt (or other electrolytes) in solution. Dissolving any amount of salt in water will increase conductivity.

I hope this helps. Please post again if you have more questions.

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