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Thermal energy is (I think) the total kinetic energy. Thermal = heat.
Materials that transfer thermal energy well are called good themal conductors. The metals are generally good conductors of heat (thermal energy).
You are perhaps thinking of thermal conduction? Heat travels by conduction through a material by atoms of the material vibrating and passing this movement on through the material, it is also helped by free electrons which exist in good conductors like most metals.
Not all are. The general rule among metals is that the better it is for conducting heat, the better it is at conducting electricity. But for things that are not metals, this is not the rule. Diamonds are astonishingly good at conducting heat, much better than copper, but they are terrible at conducting electricity and are considered to be insulators.
All elements will conduct heat to some extent. metals conduct heat and electricity the best; metalliods conduct heat and electricity good too but not as good as metals. nonmetals are poor conductors.
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These are good conductors-most metals are good conductors.
They are good and conducting and transferring heat.
Yes, aluminum is a good thermal and electrical conductor.
A material with a good thermal conductivity or a thermal conductor.
A material that is a good thermal conductor would hold in a lot of heat. These thermal conductors would also transfer heat easily.
The thermal conductivity of silver is 429 W/m.K.
No, thermal energy is just heat. it is good.... like lemons
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Thermal energy is (I think) the total kinetic energy. Thermal = heat.
Materials that transfer thermal energy well are called good themal conductors. The metals are generally good conductors of heat (thermal energy).
You are perhaps thinking of thermal conduction? Heat travels by conduction through a material by atoms of the material vibrating and passing this movement on through the material, it is also helped by free electrons which exist in good conductors like most metals.