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How does being a good conductor of heat and electricity make platinum useful?
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∙ 12y ago
Good electrical conductors are useful because they allow electricity to be transmitted greater distances with less loss. This greater efficiency allows more of the electrical energy generated to be used, reducing the amount that must be generated.
Good heat conductivity is less useful than good electrical conductivity, but it does make it easier to keep wires and cables cool, which further increases their electrical conductivity.
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What rate does electricity pass through a conductor?
This depends, you have amperage which is how much pressure of electricity is being pushed through the conductor. Next is what kind of conductor, the matters because of ohms, which is how much resistance is caused by the conductor
What makes a poor conductor?
Not being able to conduct heat or electricity
Is platinum a insulator?
Platinum is a horrible insulator. Being metal, it conducts heat and electricity quite well.
Is platinum a good insulator?
Platinum is a horrible insulator. Being metal, it conducts heat and electricity quite well.
Why does wood catch fire if it is bad conductor?
Wood is a poor conductor(non-electrolyte) because it doesn't have free moving ions to conduct the electricity.
Why is it dangerous to stick a metal knife into an electric outlet?
Metal is a conductor and the electricity will easily flow through it.
Is a key a insulator or a conductor?
A metal key would conduct electricity.
Aluminum foil is it a cold conductor?
Things do not conduct cold, they conduct heat. Being a metal aluminum foil is both a good conductor of heat and electricity.
What is the second best conductor of electricity?
At ordinary temperatures, the element that's the best conductor of electricity is silver, with the second best being copper. At very low temperatures, some materials become superconducting. Superconducting materials are all perfect conductors of electricity, with no resistance at all.
Which metals are bad conductor of electricity?
Scientifically speaking, metals aren't bad conductors. Only nonmetals are poor conductors and metalloids have the possibility of being a poor conductor.
Is conducting electricity a physical or chemical property?
Conducting Electricity is a physical property, because being a conductor is a physical property
What are the Advantages of air not being a conductor of electricity?
if air is a conductor of electricity ,then everyone will be undergone for great electric shock because air is everywhere . without air we cant live . Air can be a conductor but is a better insulator! An example of it conducting is lightning. If it was not a better insulator we would not be able survive. Another advantage is: the ability to string high voltage wires for the transmission of electricity.
