Ask Your Teacher You are given two clear, colorless aqueous solutions. You are told that one solution contains an ionic compound, and one contains a covalent compound. How could you determine which is an ionic solution and which is a covalent solution?

Ionic compound are compounds formed by one atom losing an electron while the other gains electron as such the solution always contain charge ions compared to covalent solution which is predominantly formed by two atoms sharing electron. The two solution should be connected to a circuit with a bulb in turns with the same circuit, the solution that turns the bulb on is the ionic solution. This is because their charged ions conducts electricity when voltage is passed through it while the covalent solution does not conduct electricity.