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Electrical insulators do not conduct electricity and are are typically among the poorer heat conductors.
Good electrical conductors are metals and metals are typically very good heat conductors.
Complicated Answer:
The term "insulator" is hardly appropriate in reference to thermal conductivity if one means to say that the material has low thermal conductivity. The difference between good thermal conductor and poor thermal conductors is a factor of perhaps a hundred or for extremely different materials such as air (very poor) and diamond (excellent) is a factor of 100,000. That is modest compared to the difference between poor conductors (rubber) and excellent (copper) which is a factor of a billion billion billion.
The connection between good heat conductors and good electrical conductors is a reliable but not a law of nature. Good electrical conductors are good thermal conductors due to the fact that electrons participate in both processes. Nearly free electrons are the reason metals are electrical conductors and contribute a large part of the thermal conductivity. (Diamonds are a peculiar exception.)
The connection between poor electrical conductors and poor thermal conductivity is less good and really only a consequence that the electrons are not there to help out.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoInsulators keep heat in as they cannot conduct heat so they don't let heat through.
However, conductors like metal do conduct heat and let heat through.
Yep, and they also keep heat out.
A *better* answer is that insulators reduce/ greatly reduce the transfer of heat, so hot things stay hot longer, cold things stay cold longer. The vacuum ("thermos") flask is a perfect example.
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∙ 15y agoBecause they aren't a material that has been found to be conductive of electrical energy. Like metals, for example. Or water.
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∙ 10y agoMost plastics are relatively poor heat conductors.
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∙ 9y agoYes, a good conductor easily transfers heat.
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∙ 12y agoA good thermal conductor does.
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∙ 14y agoNO.
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Materials that don't transfer heat easily are?
An insulator.
What p does not let heat flow through easily?
Plastic
What is a material that does not let heat flow through it easily?
Plastic.
Can plastic transfer heat?
yes. It conducts heat just like other substances, but not as well as metals.
How does a tight fitting plastic stopper on a flask minimise heat transfer?
It prevents heat transfer by convection as it prevents contact between the surrounding air and air inside the flask. It prevents heat transfer by conduction as it is a poor conductor of heat.
What are materials that easily transfer heat?
Heat Conductors
What materials are easily transfer heat?
Heat Conductors
Can plastic handle conduct heat easily?
No it does not.
Materials that don't transfer heat easily are?
An insulator.
can a good conductor transfer heat easily?
yes dick
What are materials that do not easily transfer heat?
Insulators such as asbestos and styrofoam.
Material that does not allow heat to move easily?
Wood or plastic
What p does not let heat flow through easily?
Plastic
What is a material that does not let heat flow through it easily?
Plastic.
Material that does allow heat to move easily?
Wood or plastic
Can plastic transfer heat?
yes. It conducts heat just like other substances, but not as well as metals.
How does a tight fitting plastic stopper on a flask minimise heat transfer?
It prevents heat transfer by convection as it prevents contact between the surrounding air and air inside the flask. It prevents heat transfer by conduction as it is a poor conductor of heat.
