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How is thermal conductivity important to the comfort of living in either an igloo or a brick house?
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Use thermal expansion in a sentence?
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How can you tell if something is conducting thermal energy?
Something is conducting thermal energy if it is hot or cold to touch. Heat is thermal energy and heat can be felt by either the feeling of cold, or hot.
What happens when the thermal energy of a solid increases?
It either gets hotter, or it melts.
What heppens to matter when you add thermal energy?
When you add thermal energy to matter, either the temperature will increase, or there will be a change in the state (phase) of matter, for example when ice melts.
Is Styrofoam a good conductor or a good insulator?
Electrical or thermal? Either way, it's an insulator.
A property that shows how easily heat or electricity flows through matter?
Conductivity - either thermal conductivity, or electrical conductivity.
Do Ionic compounds have poor or good conductivity?
Ionic Compounds have poor conductivity when it is solid. Ionic Compounds have great conductivity when it is either dissolved in water or is melted
Why is copper a good insulater?
Copper is not a good insulating material for either thermal or electrical conductivity. Copper is actually a very good conductor of both heat and electric current, hence its use in electrical wiring, circuit pathways, and heatsinks.
Does a copper heat sink or an aluminum one with a base made of copper work any better than a pure aluminum one?
The thermal conductivity of copper is higher than that of aluminum, and silver is better than either copper or aluminum.
Which conductivity of water is better Either low conductivity of water is better or high conductivity of water is better?
Low conductivity is better if you don't want electricity to pass. High conductivity is better if you do want electricity to pass. Also, water itself is actually an insulator (very low conductivity) but the impurities in water can be great conductors. Pure water will stop electric flow, but it is very difficult (outside of a lab) to get truly pure water.
Use thermal expansion in a sentence?
I Don't Know Either
What meaning of conductility?
It means, the ability to transfer heat, electricity or sound.Ok, now.Use a heat conductor as an example.A frying pan is a good heat conductor.Which means it has a high conductivity.This means a frying pan is good for heating as itabsorbs heat easily. That's why it is use for cooking.
How is thermal energy involed in chemical reactions?
Reactions involve absorption and release of thermal energy. Heat is either absorbed or released.
How can you tell if something is conducting thermal energy?
Something is conducting thermal energy if it is hot or cold to touch. Heat is thermal energy and heat can be felt by either the feeling of cold, or hot.
If a metal has a high specific heat capacity does that mean it is a better electrical conductor than one that has a low specific heat?
Whether or not a substance is a conductor is not an indicator of its specific heat. This applies to either an electrical conductor or a thermal conductor. There is generally no direct correlation between a substance's ability to conduct electricity or heat and the specific heat of that substance.
What is the word that shows moderate electrical conductivity?
Any material is classified as conductor or insulator. There is no perfect conductor or perfect insulator. If a material exhibits more conductivity it is called a conductor and materials with very low conductivity are called insulators. Materials with moderate conductivity would have medium range resistance to electricity. In practice, though, a material either conducts or it doesn't. 'Moderate' would be determined by what you were comparing it to.
Does gas have the lowest thermal energy?
either solid liquid or gass or vapor
