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These elements are called noncoductors.

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Any such material - element or otherwise - is called an insulator.

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What is the group of elements called that do not conduct electricity?

The group of elements that do not conduct electricity are generally called non metals.


What are the group of elements called that can conduct electricity?

Conductors


Elements that have shiny surfaces and are able to conduct electricity are called?

they are called montas


What are elements that conduct electricity classified as?

These elements are metals.


Which tipe of elements conduct electricity the best?

I would say that salt water would conduct electricity best.


Elements that easily transmit electricity and heat display the property known as?

Elements that easily transmit (conduct) electricity and heat display characteristics of conductivity. They are called metals.


What elements usually have the ability to be stretched bent and conduct electricity?

The metal elements.


What is a example conductor?

Most elements found on the left side of the staircase in the Periodic Table of the Elements, and those elements are called metals. Good examples of best conductors are copper (Cu), Iron, and Aluminum, while elements like Mercury cannot conduct electricity. The reason they can conduct electricity is because of metallic bonding.


Are most metal elements brittle and don't conduct electricity?

No, it would be a nonmetal. Metals are usually malleable and do conduct electricity well.


Which elements don't conduct electricity?

there is no element that can't conduct electricity, only elements that do it well and others that don't do it so well. Rubber is a very poor conductor of electricity, while copper, silver and gold are very good conductors.


Is the element element conduct eletricity?

only metal elements conduct electricity, and they do it very well


What is an object called that doesnot conduct electricity?

An object that does not conduct is called an insulator