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Are in conductors electrons are tightly attached to their atoms?
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∙ 13y ago
Electrons are never connecting with the nuclease of an atom, the electrons do pass more freely if that's what you mean though.
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What does heat travel with easily through metals?
Metals are good heat conductors. The electrons are also exicted by thermal energy and that thermal energy rapidly moves to other atoms.
Is the looseness of outer electrons in metal atoms the reason metal is both good heat conductors and electrical conductors?
They carry energy from one part of the conductor to another.
What kinds of object give up electrons easily?
Carpets and balloons both give up electrons easily.
What are similarities of conductor and insulator?
They both conduct electric current. Conductors do large currents with a very small applied voltage, and insulators do very small currents with very large applied voltages. They are both matter.
What term is used to describe the sharing of valence electrons between two or more atoms?
When atoms share electrons as opposed to transferring them, the atoms are covalently bonded.
In conductors are electrons tightly attached to their atoms?
Electrons are never connecting with the nuclease of an atom, the electrons do pass more freely if that's what you mean though.
Why are there good and poor conductors?
Because different atoms and molecules hold their electrons more or less tightly.
Is a good conductor of heat usually composed of atoms with tightly bound electrons?
No. The best conductors are metals (esp copper), which have loosely bound electrons.
Why metal good conductors of heat?
Because the electrons of the atoms in the metal move freely and are not attached to one specific atom.
Are the electrons in an insulator tightly bound to their atoms?
yes
What materials do electrons easily move through?
A conductor. The property that determines whether a material is a conductor or an insulator is how tightly bound the outer shell electrons are. Atoms with loosely bound electrons are good conductors. Three examples of good conductors are gold, silver and copper.
Why does not electrical current pass through a insolaters?
Electrical current does not pass through insulators because, unlike conductors, there is no lattice of free-floating electrons which can be attracted towards a charged end in a polar substance. In a conductor, the nucleus of the atoms all sit together while the electrons float freely around. When a current is passed through this, the electrons begin to be attracted to the positive end of the substance, however in an insulator the electrons are held tightly to the atoms they are attached to meaning that they are not free to move a current through the substance.
What kind of atoms are conductors?
Ones with loosely held outer electrons - metals.
Are electrons in ionic crystals tightly bound?
Atoms are bonded in ionic crystals.
Are lead and tin good conductors if so why?
Lead and tin are good conductors, as are all metals. That is a result of the metallic bond, in which the constituent atoms in a piece of metal share their electrons with each other in the form of a cloud of electrons, all of which can move very freely and are not attached to any particular atom or region.
Why are metals good for electrical conductors?
Metal atoms have a few lightly-bound electrons in their outer shells, and these electrons can be easily moved by a modest electrical potential. This makes them good conductors.
Why are metals good heat conductors?
Some of the outer electrons of metal atoms are free to move from atom to atom. These free electrons transfer heat readily making metals good thermal conductors.
