Wet wood has traces of all sorts of materials in it that can ionize. The ions make the water conductive.
The same sort of thing does not usually happen with plastic, but it can if there are materials on it that can ionize in water. I have seen a person get a bad shock from a plastic mixing vessel because the vessel was covered with splashes of wet chemicals and an attached motor had an electrical fault and was not grounded properly.
what makes plastic and dry wood a good insulator is the lack of free electrons and the capability to produce free electrons at a finite temperature. Wet wood will contain water, which is normally impure (pure mean free of ions). It is the water that conducts electricity. Plastic does not soak up water at all.
wet plastic isn't a good conductor of elecricty but wet wood is
Wood in itself is an insulator. But when wet, the water particles can conduct electricity.. Hence wet wood will be a conductor, although not a very good conductor, since the current passes only through a very small area
Dry wood has a high resistance; wet or humid wood is a fairly good conductor.
No
good conductor
water is the best conductor of electricity, compare to air the atoms in water is more closely to each other and that makes water more conductive than air, glass can be conductor it depends on it composition but not as good as water and wood is not a conductor unless it's wet.
Wood in itself is an insulator. But when wet, the water particles can conduct electricity.. Hence wet wood will be a conductor, although not a very good conductor, since the current passes only through a very small area
Dry wood has a high resistance; wet or humid wood is a fairly good conductor.
Wood is a porous substance, which allows water to penetrate it deeply, hence allowing electricity to be conducted throughout the material via the water inside of it. Plastic, on the other hand, is not very porous. Water does not penetrate to the interior of a plastic object, so electricity cannot be conducted throughout the object via the water.
No
good conductor
it is a fair conductor.
No. Wood is a poor conductor of electricity unless it is wet/saturated with water.
water is the best conductor of electricity, compare to air the atoms in water is more closely to each other and that makes water more conductive than air, glass can be conductor it depends on it composition but not as good as water and wood is not a conductor unless it's wet.
Insulator. If it was a conductor you wouldn't be able to pick a pan up off the stove.
Water in general is a good conductor of electricity. Anything wet will therefore be a good conductor (this makes it dangerous to get certain things wet).Actually, pure (distilled) water is not a good conductor; the fact that water usually IS a good conductor is due to diverse substances dissolved in water, such as salts - the ions make the water a good conductor.
is wet jet swifter good for wood flooring
The better insulator is plastic because wood can get wet easily and stay wet longer than plastic.