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Copper is a very good conductor of heat.
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Why is copper wire which is cheaper and readily available not used instead?
Instead of what? Aluminium is used in electricity transmission cables because the slight sacrifice in conductivity is more than made up in its ability to support itself; you can always add more of something to lower resistance, but if it is too weak, it is too weak. Copper is used in the wiring for just about everything else, from home circuits to vehicle electricals.
What is The name of the copper sulphate after being heated?
Copper Sulphate usually is found in a hydrated form (i.e., water molecules are incorporated into the crystals.) Pure copper sulphate is a pale, greenish gray color. The familiar blue color only occurs in hydrates of copper sulphate (i.e., in crystals that incorporate H20 molecules). Heating the blue crystals can drive off the water. It's still called copper sulphate after you do that. For substances like copper sulphate that naturally attract water, the adjective, anhydrous often is used to describe the pure (water free) state. If you heat copper sulphate to a temperature of 650C, it will decompose into something else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_sulphate
Why is copper sulfate better than Muriatic Acid to remove root growth?
Because the muriatic acid will eat everything else up too, including your pipe!!!
Is ruthenium radioactive?
Ruthenium is a conductive element. It is a transition metal. It conducts electricity at 1.4x10^7 S/m. It also has thermal conductivity of 120 W/(m K).
How copper can be conbinate with others elements?
Copper can be combined with other elements to form alloys. Copper is melted down and additional elements are added in a desired ratio. For example zinc can be added to copper to form brass alloy. If tin is added to copper you make bronze. The trick is to heat the copper to a point where another element can be absorbed into the copper. Depending on the material you are trying to mix with the copper it will be brought in at the atomic level (like salt in water) or will form something like a suspension (muddy water)If you want me to get more descriptive on how the thermal chemistry works and what happens in the crystalline structure feel free to say so. Tried to keep it simple. Hope this helps
Gold is a good conductor of heat and what else?
Electricity. Plus, it doesn't corrode.
How does electricity normally act?
Electricity , or in this case we refer to charge, is always trying to move from conductor to conductor. Whenever it stays still and the charge can't go on to anything else it is called static electricity. This is how it normally acts.
Was there any electricity in a concentration camp?
Yes, of course. Apart from anything else the fences were electrified.
Is aluminum an insulator of electricity?
NO! Like all metals, aluminum is a conductor, not an insulator.A2: Most metals conduct electricity well. Silicon and Germanium don't. Aluminum is pretty good, but not as good as copper. When aluminum oxidizes, though, it forms bauxite (Al 2O 3) . This is a very hard, non-conductive coating. Aluminum wiring develops poor connections, causing heat, and fires. It must therefore have some antioxidant gel placed on all connections, or be copper plated, by the new underwriter's rules.
Is a diamond a thermal and electrical conductor?
A diamond is a superior conductor of thermal energy (heat). It's better at this than anything else we know of. But diamond is a poor conductor of electricity. It's actually a pretty good insulator.
What are some examples of poor insulators?
In general, metal or anything else that conducts heat or electricity well is a bad insulator.
How effective is brass a conductor of electricity?
It isn't. In terms of volume, silver is best, followed by copper, then aluminum. Aluminum is 2X better conductivity by weight than anything else. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and their proportions can be varied to create different brasses. So if you wanted to make brass highly electrically conductive, you would add a lot of copper and silver to it. There is a common brass known as "electrical brass" that is commonly used for electrical conductor parts, and it's chief virtues are that it can be worked easily and is not expensive.
Is water bad conductor?
Pure water, consisting of only h2o molecules is a very weak, if at all, conductor of electricity. However, if it is not purified, or if there is something else in it, like say, your hand, it becomes highly conductive.
Why do buildings being wired use copper wire?
Copper is an excellent conductor that is reasonably inexpensive, it is also malleable and its oxide is a conductor. Aluminum has also been used as it has most of the properties of copper, except that its oxide is an insulator which causes the resistance of connections to rise over time and presents a fire hazard. Some countries (e.g. the United States) ban the use of aluminum electrical wiring for this reason. Silver is a much better conductor than copper, but its much too expensive to use. Those are the main choices for building electrical wiring, everything else is either not a very good conductor or is much much too expensive.
What else does the conductor do?
Apart from conducting an orchestra or a choir at a concert, the conductor helps them to rehearse the music several times before the concert to help everyone to understand the music and how to play - and sing it - it as well as possible, so that it sounds great for the audience at the concert.
Is copper a good conductor of heat?
Yes. Copper is an excellent conductor of heat. It is the second most heat conductive of all elemental metals, behind silver. Note that carbon in its diamond allotrope is far better at conducting heat than any metal - or anything else known. Copper is a superb metallic heat conductor. That's why you see it on the bottom of some cooking utensiles, or advertised as being clad between thin layers of stainless steel on the heating surfaces of pots and pans.
What is the composition of copper?
Copper is an element. It contains nothing else.
