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Wood, oil, coal and gas can all be burned in power stations to heat up water. The water boils and turns to steam, driving a turbine, which turns a generator, producing electricity.
A nuclear power plant is the same, except the nuclear reaction is used to heat the water.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo, electricity does not flow through dry wood. Dry wood is not a conductor of electricity. Metal is a conductor, dry wood is the same as rubber, electricity will not flow through dry wood or rubber.
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∙ 11y agoWaste materials such as fallen down trees, branches, sticks and leaves are collected and are taken to a biomass plant. The materials are heated and burnt in a furnace and the heat generated is used to boil water, which creates steam, turns turbines which generates electricity.
Green house gases are released which is not very eco friendly.
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∙ 13y agoI presume you're thinking of trees and lightning. The answer is that the lightning bolt, or other electric current, doesn't actually pass through the wood itself all that well; dry wood is a very good insulator.
Instead, the electricity is conducted through the sap near the surface of the tree; sap, being mostly water and electrolytes, turns out to be a very good conductor. Too good, as this makes standing under a tree a very unsafe place to be during a thunderstorm.
It is the instantaneous turning of the moisture in the wood into steam from the tremendous heat from a lightning bolt that splits the tree wide open.
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∙ 11y agoYes, especially through wet or moist wood, but with great difficulty compared to
substances that we usually use as conductors. That's just another way of saying
that the resistivity of wood is higher than copper or iron.
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∙ 12y agoYes, if the moisture content of wood is high and enough potential is applied to the wood, current would flow.
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∙ 15y agothe energy that is given of by the burning wood
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∙ 13y agoGenerally no; but it is not impossible to use wood in a small thermoenergetic unit.
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∙ 11y agoYes, lightning striking a tree and going to ground is a perfect example of electricity passing through wood.
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∙ 15y agono
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What kinds of materials can electricity not pass through?
Material with low conductance such as rubber, plastics and so forth.
How do you pass electricity through orange?
put a wire through it
Can electricity pass through brass?
yes
Can magnet pass through wood?
yes it can
What are the materials that can let electricity pass through?
Generically they are called conductors.
Is wood a conductors or insulators in science?
Insulator. Wood does not allow electricity to pass through it nor does it conduct electricity.
What kinds of electricity not pass through?
wood, crystal, diamond, stone, granite
Does electricity pass through wood explain why?
Dry wood has a high resistance; wet or humid wood is a fairly good conductor.
How are superconductors different from insulators?
Superconductors are materials that let current or electricity pass through them. Insulators are materials that don't allow current or electricity to pass through them. Superconductors are mostly all metals. Insulators are wood, plastic, and paper.
What allows electricity to pass through it?
An object which is a conductor allows electricity to pass through it
What is the difference between conductors and ilsulators?
CONDUCTOR: those objects which can pass electricity through them is known as conductors. the conductors can pass electricity through them due to free electrons present in them. for example: iron, copper, aluminium etc.INSULATOR: those objects which can not pass electricity through them is called insulator. the insulators can't pass electricity due to less or absence of free electrons. for example paper, wood, rubber etc
Can heat pass through wood?
Yes heat can pass through wood.
Can heat and electricity pass through metals?
Yes, heat and electricity can pass through metals.
Are materials that electrical current cannot pass through?
Any material that electricity can't pass through is classed as an insulator. Examples of insulators are glass, ceramics, plastic, dry wood, and so on.
How well electricity flows through a material?
Depends on the material. The electricity can flow through metal better then it can through wood because wood is a conductor of electricity (example).
Can electricity pass through salted water?
yes electricity can pass through salt water .salt is an ionic compound which can conduct electricity
Can electricity pass through paper?
If the potential is high enough, yes electricity can pass through paper.
