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No. Most metals can conduct energy well (energy implying includes electricity and heat). However, some, such as nichrome (an alloy of nickel and chromium) conduct electricity very poorly. Nichrome has a high resistance and therefore, when electricity is chanelled through nichrome wire, resistance in the wire causes it to heat up.
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What are the materials that easily conduct electricity?
Metal, specifically, copper
What metal most easily conducts heat and electricity?
Silver.
Why is it dangerous to stick a metal knife into an electric outlet?
Metal is a conductor and the electricity will easily flow through it.
What causes metal to conduct electricity?
The free electrons within the metal cause metal to conduct electricity because they drift easily with an applied electric force. All metal conducts electricity.
Where in the periodic table does heat and electricity does not flow easily?
non-metal.
Is apoor conduct of electricity an metal or non metal?
a poor conductor of electricity is never a metal because metals have low ionization enthalpies and thus electrons can be easily mobilized.
What is any metal called that allows electricity to pass through it easily?
conductive
What material allows heat or electricity to pass through it easily Give two examples.?
metal and metal and plastic
Which metal is a very common metal used for coin and is easily drawn into wire to conduct heat and electricity?
copper.
Is metal a conductor of electricity or an insulator?
Metal is a conductor of electricity, however when heated most metals become poor conductors as the atoms begun to vibrate and block the path of the electrons.
What materials conduct electricity the best metal plastic or wood?
Metals conduct electricity the best, as they have many free electrons that can easily move and carry electric charge. Plastic and wood, being insulators, do not conduct electricity well due to their lack of free electrons.
Why metals are made of electrical wires?
Because metal is one of the greatest conductors of electricity.
