Learn more physics! Will apricots conduct electricity? - Allison
(age 10) Yes, apricots will conduct electricity, like most other
fruits and vegetables. Although they are mostly made up of
water, which by itself is not a very good electrical conductor,
they also contain acids, salts etc. These greatly increase the
concentration of electrically charged particles (ions) in the
water, and those carry the electrical current. One interesting
question might be whether the way apricots are made of cells
changes the conductivity much. The cells are surrounded by
membranes and cell walls that don't conduct well. I wonder if
mushed-up apricots, with many of the cells broken open, might
conduct better than intact apricots. This should be a fun
experiment. -Tamara and Mike (published on 10/22/2007) Follow-up
on this answer.