Why can’t molecular compounds replenish electrolytes when dissolved in water

Electrolytes are salts or molecules that ionize completely in solution. As a result, electrolyte solutions readily conduct electricity.

Nonelectrolytes do not dissociate into ions in solution; nonelectrolyte solutions do not, therefore, conduct electricity.

nonelectrolyteA substance that does not dissociate into ions when in solution.

solutionA homogeneous mixture, which may be a liquid, gas, or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.

solute Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution.

electrolyte A substance that dissociates into ions when in solution.

saltAn ionic compound composed of cations and anions that are held together by electrostatic attraction.

when an ionizable solute dissociates, the resulting solution can conduct electricity. Therefore, compounds that readily form ions in solution are known as strong electrolytes. (By this reasoning, all strong acids and strong bases are strong electrolytes.)

By contrast, if a compound dissociates to a small extent, the solution will be a weak conductor of electricity; a compound that only dissociates weakly, therefore, is known as a weak electrolyte.

A strong electrolyte will completely dissociate into its component ions in solution; a weak electrolyte, on the other hand, will remain mostly undissociated in solution. An example of a weak electrolyte is acetic acid, which is also a weak acid.

Nonelectrolytes are compounds that do not ionize at all in solution.