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How many valence electrons are generally contained in materials used for conductors?
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∙ 12y ago
Generally one electron; examples are copper, gold, silver. Aluminium has three valence electrons.
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∙ 11y agoAt least one valence unpaired electron.
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What are materials that allow electrons to move through them easily?
A conductor. Most metals are conductors-they enable electrons to move freely through them, carrying an electrical charge. Most non-metals (notably excluding graphite, an isotope of carbon) are insulators which means that they do not allow an electrical charge to be carried through them.
These materials are good conductors of heat?
Metals
Why some materials are insulators?
because thats just the way it is, simple as that.
How are materials classified on the basis of resistivity?
Conductors, semiconductors and insulators.....
What substances would be good conductors of heat?
Substances with high thermal conductivity are generally good conductors of heat. Some examples include metals such as copper, aluminum, and silver. Additionally, materials like diamond and graphite also exhibit high thermal conductivity.
What are materials called in which the electrons are loosely bound?
Materials in which the electrons are loosely bound are called conductors.
Metalic materials that have many free electrons are reffered to as?
conductors
How are materials divided into conductors insulators and semi conductors according to the atomic theory?
by their ability to accept electrons
What are materials with few free electrons called?
such substances are conductors of electricity.
Materials with many free electrons are considered what?
Electrical Conductor
Electrically charged particles move through materials that are classified as electrical conductors?
Electrons. A current.
What are materials that transfer thermal energy well called?
Materials that transfer thermal energy well are called good themal conductors. The metals are generally good conductors of heat (thermal energy).
What do you call materials that let electricity flow though?
Conductors are what the electrons flow through, in a single electric current called a circuit. Hence circuit breakers on conductors.
What items are insulators and conductor?
Conductors are materials that allow electrons to flow easily through it. Metals are the best examples of conductors. Insulators to the opposite; they don't like letting their electrons flow. Glass, rubber, and wood are some examples of insulators.
Heat flows easily on what material?
Heat moves easily through materials with delocalised electrons, that is electrons which are free to move through the substance. This happens in metals and graphite.
Electrical conductors-what do non-conducting materials lack?
Freely moving 'conduction' electrons that exist in all metals since metals are good conductors of thermal and electrical energy ... These electrons collide other electrons in the body allowing a better transfer of heat and electricity, unlike insulators or 'non-conductors' that use molecules to transfer the energy across their different parts...
What materials do electrons easily move through?
A conductor. The property that determines whether a material is a conductor or an insulator is how tightly bound the outer shell electrons are. Atoms with loosely bound electrons are good conductors. Three examples of good conductors are gold, silver and copper.
