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What is it that atoms of materials that conduct electricity best tend to be held together by?
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Atoms of materials that conduct electricity best tend to be held together by metallic bonds. This is the attraction between positively charged nuclei in metal atoms and the delocalized electrons in the metal.
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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.
Does metal conduct heat readily?
Metal does indeed conduct heat readily. Metal also conducts electricity. The conductive properties of metal are due to the free electrons in metal atoms that allow for mobile charge.
What are materials that electricity does not move through easily?
wood, crystal, diamond, stone, granite
Is foam a good conducter of heat?
In a foam there is a large gap between the conduction band and the valence of band in the atoms makng up the foam. If any object is to conduct electricity through it the gap between the conduction band amd the valance should be minimun or overlapping so that the electrons in the valance band can go into conduction band and conduct electricity
What particles combine to make many different materials?
atoms
Does metal atoms conduct electricity?
yes....it does
Does the ability of atoms to conduct electricity have to with loosely held electrons?
Electrons shared between atoms.
How can something conduct electricity?
Items conduct electricity by lining up their atoms. much like how things get magnetized. if the atoms line up then electricity can pass between them using them like a bridge. some items, however, cannot line their atoms up (like wood)
Why do you need two metals to conduct electricity?
You need different atoms...?
Are there any other household conductors?
o There are some organic compounds that can conduct electricity (organic conductors) salts, solubilized in water or any other solvent that can solubilize them conduct electricity. Molten salts conduct electricity ionized atoms or molecules can conduct electricity
Why plastics donnot connduct electricity afterall it is made up of atoms?
The atoms it is made out of do not have 1 or 2 valence electron on the outer shell, so therefore they do not conduct electricity well. Atoms that do have 1 or 2 valence electron on the outer shell, like copper, conduct electricity well.
Why do conductors conduct electricity while insulaters don't?
Conductors conduct electricity because most of them are made of metals and metals are good conductors of electricity while insulators are made of rubber and rubber does not conduct electricity. To conduct electricity, the atoms that make up the material, have to have free electrons that can pass a charge on. Metals have these free electrons, whereas insulators do not.
Does a metal chair conducts electricity?
Yes, all metals conduct electricity due to the metallic bonding which is where all the atoms are connected in a lattice like shape but every atom has one electron 'free'. These electrons are free to move around and as such conduct electricity.
How does metals conduct electrisity?
Metals have lots of electrons that are fairly free to move between the atoms. Those electrons conduct electricity.
Does metal conduct electrisity?
Metals have lots of electrons that are fairly free to move between the atoms. Those electrons conduct electricity.
Does the material iron conduct electricity?
Steel, iron, copper, aluminum and all other metals conduct electricity very well compared to most other compounds. With the discoveries in solid state physics of the 20th century we learned that metals are collections of atoms which have somewhat unusually properties of the electrons. In metals the outermost electron (sometimes two) is not specifically associated with that one atom but is free to associate with atoms far and wide. We say these are delocalized electrons. Since the electrons are not attached to specific atoms, it takes very little energy to move them. As a result, any small voltage causes electron flow in a metal. This movement or flow of electrons is called electricity so this is why metals conduct electricity. Aside: Metals are not the only materials that conduct electricity, they just do it especially well.
Why does distilled not conduct electricity whereas rainwater does?
For a material to conduct electricity it needs to have free charge carriers. I.e. particles with charge that can move around the material. Distilled water, or pure water only contains H2O molecules, which are neutral. Rainwater on the other hand also contains other materials such as salt, which in water falls apart into positive and negative ions. These are serviceable charge carriers, and therefore rainwater can conduct electricity.
