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No. A metal spoon, and usually anything metal, is a conductor. It conducts electricity, meaning that electricity can flow through it. Rubber is an insulator.
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Why does a metal spoon get hot in a pot of boiling water?
'nothing, it's like putting a spoon in a hot soup' Wrong ^ As the metal spoon is a better conductor of heat than the air the hot water (or soup) and the spoon as a larger surface area with the air (or active sight) it transfers heat to the surrounding faster, thus cooling the hot liquid faster.
Is a silver spoon a insulator?
No, its a conductor in fact silver is the best conductor
What will happen when you put a metal spoon in boiling water?
some water vapor released from boiling would condense on the cold spoon as water droplets.
Is a metal paper clip a conductor or insulator?
If it is made of metal, it is a conductor.
Is all metal a condoctor of electrticy?
some metal are conductor of heat
Is a spoon a conductor or insulator?
A metal spoon would be a conductor, but a plastic one would be an insulator.🍴
What do condoctorof heat mean?
Being a conductor of heat means being able to let heat pass through it. For example, if you place a metal serving spoon inside a bowl of hot soup you will later find that the spoon had become hot. Heat traveled from the soup to the spoon; therefore the spoon is a conductor of heat.
What is an example of a conductor for conduction?
A metal spoon touching a hot pan. The pan heats the spoon. The spoon serves as a conductor of heat. This is an example of conduction.
How does the heat get in to the metal spoon?
since metal is a good conductor of heat, it absorbs the heat and the spoon increases the temperature
Why is a metal spoon a conductor why?
Depending on what type of metal the spoon is made out of it is a conductor of electricity. To make the spoon magnetic you would have to constantly charge the spoon with electricity to magnetize the metal base, IE:a nail with a wire coiled around it and charged with two D batteries. All you have to do is coil a wire around the spoon base and connect both ends of the wire(BRASS) to two D batteries and you should have a small electro magnet.
Why does a metal spoon feel hotter than a wooden spoon when in hot water?
because metal is a conductor which likes hot things
Is aluminium spoon a conductor or insulator?
It is an isulator as it allows thethe current to pass through it ...
Is a spoon a insulator or a conductors?
A metal spoon would be a conductor, but a plastic one would be an insulator.🍴
What kind of spoon would be the best thermal conductor plastic or metal?
Most Likely Metal
Why is the metal spoon more hotter than the woden spoon?
This is due to metal being a better conductor, and therefore it transfers kinetic energy (heat) better.
A metal spoon was left in a pot of boiling soup the cook burned his finger by touching the spoon why did the finger get burned?
Metal is a conductor. The spoon heated up from the soup and when the cook touched the spoon, he got burned because the spoon was hot from the soup.
Why is it safer to use a nonmetal spoon when cooking something on the stove?
It is safer to use...say a wooden spoon instead of a metal spoon because metal is a heat conductor...or when metal touches heat the heat goes through the metal (it does the same with electricity). There is a simple answer for it!
