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At room temperature, silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of all the (known) metals. Note that diamond, an allotrope of carbon, is a poor electrical conductor but is several times better as a thermal conductor than silver. Carbon is a nonmetal, of course, but it was worth mentioning as both a comparison and a curiousity.

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  • Silver has the highest electrical conductivity of the elements: 0.63 x 106 Siemens/cm.
  • Copper, with 0.596 x 106 Siemens/cm is a good alternative, due to costs.

See related link. Note: I specified Siemens above which is equivalent to 1/Ohm.

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It is silver.Silver has both the highest electrical and thermal conductivity.

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wala naman po yan sa selection

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first is steel

second is copper

third is gold

and i do not remember the rest

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Silver is best ... 15.87 nΩ·m

Copper is hardly any worse, only 6%

Gold is 40% worse than Silver.

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Of the common metals, copper has a very high thermal conductivity.

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All metals have high electrical conductivity, although some are more conductive than others.

The best three conductors in order are silver, copper, aluminum.

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gold

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What metal has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of all?

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