Si el ácido clorhídrico es un compuesto covalente polar, explica porque en solución acuosa conduce la corriente de manera similar a un compuesto iónico

If hydrochloric acid is a polar covalent compound, explain why in aqueous solution it conducts current similarly to an ionic compound.

This occurs because the current is transmitted by the charges of its atoms.

Explanation:

Hydrochloric acid is a compound that is made up of atoms with partial charges, which means that it is a polar molecule. H atoms have a positive partial charge, while Cl atoms have a negative charge, making the molecule as a whole have a neutral charge.

Being a dipole compound, water can dissolve molecules of this type, separate anions and cations. When atoms are separated from these molecules they release ions. In the case of HCl, being an acid, H+ and Cl- ions are released. This separation of charges causes electric current to be conducted.

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.