What materials are good conductors for electricity?

Answer 1

Metals are generally good conductors of electricity. But some forms of carbon and other materials are also good conductors. It should also be noted that there are a special class of superconductors that only exhibit their conductive properties at very low temperatures.

Answer 2

Static electricity is not a function of the material. It may be easier to create static electricity with choices of dissimilar materials, but the limit of how much charge you can place on an object does not lie in the material choice. Shape (geometry, sharp edges or points), and what atmosphere surrounds the shape, determine the upper limit on how much charge you can place on the shape.

Answer 3

In general, it is the metals that are the best conductors of electricity. Silver, copper and gold are the ones best at it, and in that order. Copper is common because it isn't too expensive. Silver tarnishes in air and it not broadly applied, though there is a growing use of it in solder. Gold is quite expensive, but because it is marvellously resistant to corrosion, it is used to plate connectors and such. There is, however, another "class" of conductors that are so much better, but there is a "catch" to using them.

At "room temperature" we see metals dominating as conductors, but in the world of cryogenics, they have to move over. Tin yttrium barium copper oxide for example, which is basically a ceramic, conducts at (a balmy) 86 K. That material is what is called a superconductor, and it will only work at a cryogenic temperature. It's super conductive properties disappear at any triple-digit temperature Kelvin. But when it's cooled below its "critical temperature" and inspected, its resistance has disappeared (it's zero!). Links are found below.

Answer 4

The word "conduct" (in this context) means to move whereas "static" means that it does not move! There can be no substance which is best for moving non-moving electricity!

Answer 5

Metals

Answer 6

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