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Yes. It is conducting electricity, which is energy, which creates friction. That rod is not one solid mass, but a mass of molecules. When enrgized, they bounce around, bumping into each other, creating "molecular friction", or heat. Same priciple a microwave oven operates on........Chuck.
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Is a lightning rod an electric conductor or an insulator?
conductor
Are lightning rod or plastic better metal lightning rods?
For a lightning conductor, we need an electrical conductor, so the iron would be superior.
How did lightning rod improve people lives?
The lightning rod (USA), lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod that is placed on the top of tall buildings. A metal cable or strap connects the conductor to another metal rod sunk deep into the earth. The principle is that should lightning strike the building, it is attracted to the conductor and travels down the cable to be dissipated safely into the earth - so saving the building from lightning damage. Wooden building used to burn down under stikes from lightening. The lighten rod (Ben Franklin) gives the electricity a easy path to the ground instead of a heat-producing path through wood.
How do you protect buildings from lightning?
By getting it to strike something else instead. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning Rod to do this. It diverts the lightning to the earth through a good metal conductor when placed higher than the house and planted in the earth/ground.
How and when does a tree becomes a conductor of lightning?
during a thunderstorm, the electric charge built up in the clouds becomes unbalanced. to become balanced again it disperses the energy to whatever it is closest to or a good conductor. (such as a lightning rod or a tree) sort of like a giant static shock.
Is a lightning rod an electric conductor or an insulator?
conductor
Who invented lightning arrester?
Lightning arrester or lightning rod is a rod paired with a conductor. The lightning arrester was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1749.
Are lightning rod or plastic better metal lightning rods?
For a lightning conductor, we need an electrical conductor, so the iron would be superior.
How did lightning rod improve people lives?
The lightning rod (USA), lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod that is placed on the top of tall buildings. A metal cable or strap connects the conductor to another metal rod sunk deep into the earth. The principle is that should lightning strike the building, it is attracted to the conductor and travels down the cable to be dissipated safely into the earth - so saving the building from lightning damage. Wooden building used to burn down under stikes from lightening. The lighten rod (Ben Franklin) gives the electricity a easy path to the ground instead of a heat-producing path through wood.
How did the lightning rod improve peoples lives?
The lightning rod (USA), lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod that is placed on the top of tall buildings. A metal cable or strap connects the conductor to another metal rod sunk deep into the earth. The principle is that should lightning strike the building, it is attracted to the conductor and travels down the cable to be dissipated safely into the earth - so saving the building from lightning damage. Wooden building used to burn down under stikes from lightening. The lighten rod (Ben Franklin) gives the electricity a easy path to the ground instead of a heat-producing path through wood.
Which one of ben Franklin's inventions helped protect people from buildings and ships from lightning?
That would be the Lightning Rod. It even has Lightning in the name.
What happens if the lightning strikes at cow dung?
As cow dung is bad conductor of heat, lightning will not pass through cow dung and changes into a iron rod
Which one of ben franklins inventions helped protect people buildings and ships from lightining?
The lightning rod/conductor.
Which one of benjerman Franklins inventions protected us from lightning?
The kite and rod was his demonstration. In modern terms it is a lightning conductor or a lightning arrester. This is usually a metal (copper, or iron) rod placed at the very top of tall buildings, church steeples, tall industrial chimneys.
How do you protect buildings from lightning?
By getting it to strike something else instead. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning Rod to do this. It diverts the lightning to the earth through a good metal conductor when placed higher than the house and planted in the earth/ground.
How does a lightning conductor helps?
to protect tall buildings . it consists of metal rod ending in spikes at top. the lower end of rod is attached to a copper plate buried deep in earth. if lightning does strike the building, it flows harmlessly to the earth through the metal rod' no damage is done to building
What is a lightning rods?
A lightning rod (or lightning protector) is a metal strip or rod, usually of copper or similar conductive material, used as part of lightning safety to protect tall or isolated structures (such as the roof of a building or the mast of a vessel) from lightning damage. Its formal name is lightning finial or air terminal. Sometimes, the system is informally referred to as a lightning conductor, lightning arrester, or lightning discharger; however, these terms actually refer to lightning protection systems in general or specific components within them. The term 'lightning rod' is also used as a metaphorical term to describe those who attract controversy.
