Cause of Challenger Disaster Revealed. William P. Rogers, head of the special commission appointed by President Ronald Reagan to investigate the January 28, 1986, explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, reports his findings at a press conference on June 9, 1986. Cause of Challenger Disaster Revealed. Share.  William P. Rogers, head of the special commission appointed by President Ronald Reagan to investigate the January 28, 1986, explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, reports his findings at a press conference on June 9, 1986.
conÂ·ducÂ·tivÂ·iÂ·ty. n. pl. conÂ·ducÂ·tivÂ·iÂ·ties. 1. The ability or power to conduct or transmit heat, electricity, or sound. 2. The conductance of a material. 3. Physiology The conductibility of a structure, especially the ability of a nerve to transmit a wave of excitation.
Conductivity is water's ability to allow the flow of electricity and is defined as the reciprocal of resistivity, which is water's opposition to the flow of current. Water's conductivity is directly proportional to the amount of ions in the water. The more ions in the water, the higher the level of conductivity.