Sodium is alkali metal having only 1 electron in valance shell, while copper is transition element having 10 electrons in its outer most 3d sub shell. In copper there are more chances for overlapping of the orbitals because in Copper there are more delocalized electrons which hold the positive ions more tightly. Anyhow both have delocalized electrons that's way both are good conductor of electricity
Due to the presence of delocalized free electrons in both the metals...
Softness or hardness has nothing to do with conductivity.
Both are metals, and metals are great conductors, thats why copper and aluminum are very good conductors causing to that they are made and are metals. Just did my homework on this from another website this is 100% correct! Cya people, Christopher :)
$$$$$$ Sodium is cheaper!!!!$$$$$$ They both work great for the same purposes and are very often interchangeable. (But potassium hydroxide makes much softer and, to me, more pleasant feeling soap than sodium hydroxide)
The Australian five-cent coin is composed of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Both of these metals are comparitively good electrical conductors. Copper, in particular, is the second best, after silver.
They are metals, and like all metals they are excellent conductors of both heat and eletricity. While both conduct but not the same see periodic table plus silver oxidizes and eventual makes a bad conductor at the joints gold is not as good conductor but is is impervious of elements effects on it.
Sodium, copper and aluminum are all metals. Chlorine is not a metal.
Both brass and copper are conductors.
In sodium and copper it is the s electrons delocalised accross the lattice that contribute to the electrical conductivity. The extra bonding due to d orbitals in copper, a transition metal, contributes to its hardness and higher melting point . Both sodium and copper have metallic bonds. Sodium is an alkali metal and there are no d electrons, wheres copper is a transition metal. In the alkali metals the only force of attraction between the metal atoms is due to the delocalisation of the s electrons. In transition metals there is an extra attraction due to the d electrons. Copper has one of the lowest heats of formation of the transition metals the d electrons contribute less than in the lighter members. Hardness is a poor measure IMHO of metallic bond strength, as hardness can be related to the density of lattice dislocations.
metals like iron and copper These are good conductors of both heat and electricity.
they both have free electrons hope it helps!!
Both are metals, and metals are great conductors, thats why copper and aluminum are very good conductors causing to that they are made and are metals. Just did my homework on this from another website this is 100% correct! Cya people, Christopher :)
No. Both metals are good conductors of heat.
they are both metals, relatively soft, shiny, and good conductors of electricity.
They are both metals. The effect is that copper is more safer than aluminum. From Leah :)
Conductor, it is actually one of the best conductors for both heat and electricity.
copper is cheaper to manufacture and easier to bend then steel
Copper and silver are good conductors as both are metals.
The best conductors of electricity have that they are all metals in common.