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Is glass a conductor or insulator of thermal or electrical energy?
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∙ 13y ago
Glass is an insulator of both energies.
It does not conduct thermal energy because only it's surface warms up.
It does not conduct electrical energy because its atoms do not have free electrons, which cause this process in metals.
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