Does liquid hydrogen conduct electricity?

Question

Does liquid hydrogen conduct electricity?

Answer 1

it doesnt conduct electricity...only some metals do..but it helps to conduct electricity..eg hydro dams  

Answer 2

Yes, it does conduct electricity.  Hydrogen as a solid is a metal and even as a liquid it has some metallic properties.

Of course you have to get H2 really cold to even turn it into a liquid.  Far colder than liquid Oxygen or Nitrogen.

Answer 3

why would it?

Answer 4

I don't think that it will (at least at ambient pressure).  Liquid hydrogen should act as any other covalent liquid, and should be a poor conductor of electricity.  Liquid hydrogen has a band gap of 15eV, too high to be a conductor, at ambient pressure (see link 1 for source).

Solid hydrogen is not a metal unless it is compressed to very high pressures.  It is thought to exist in Jupiter and Saturn for this reason, but has only been produced fleetingly in labs on Earth.