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Carbon is used as a conductor in many applications. One common conductor, automotive spark plug wires, is actually a carbon impregnated chord. A common problem in high voltage electrical systems, such as automotive ignition secondary circuits, is "carbon tracking". A distributor cap, for example, may arc from one terminal to another, leaving a carbon track behind. The current will now follow that carbon path very readily and this is one reason secondary circuit (high voltage) components have to be replaced periodically.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoCarbon conducts electricity because the resonance structure Carbon atoms have. To conduct electricity, you have to have unlocalized electrons. With the resonance structure, carbon has those unlocalized electrons
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∙ 15y agoCarbon exists in several different forms, amorphous, diamond, graphite and bucky-balls or Fullerenes. Graphite conducts electricity because, like metals, there are "free electrons" in the material - these will conduct electricity. Electrons are not free in diamond and that form of carbon is not a conductor
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∙ 12y agoCarbon conducts electricity because like most metals there are "free electrons" that conduct electicity. However only Graphite conducts electricity because Diamonds etc DO NOT have these free electrons
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∙ 14y agoBecause it has free (delocalised) electrons between the carbon layers.
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∙ 9y agoIt depends on what form its in. Graphite conducts electricity; diamond an amorphous carbon do not.
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∙ 12y agoifyoulook in the periodic tableit is in the metal section but it is a low etal so that is why it conducts !
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∙ 16y agobecause of free electrons
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Is astatine a good conductor of electricity?
Astatine is not a good conductor of electricity. This is because it is a non-metal. All non-metals do not conduct electricity, and all metals do. The two exceptions are carbon and silicon, which are non-metals, but conduct electricity well.
Is fermium a metal?
We all know that in solid electrons are carrier of electricity while ions are carrier in liquids.but note that some non-metal can conduct electricity like graphite an allotrope of carbon. Firstly, there are non metals that can conduct electricity (ionic compounds), except they have to be dissolved to do that.
Is a metal or non metal a nonconductor?
Almost everything is a good conductor of sound, but a conductor of heat and electricity are usually only metals. A nonmetal can be an insulator, or something that doesn't conduct things, for heat and electricity.
Does solid chlorine conduct electricity?
no it doesnt because chlorine is a non metal so it wont conduct an sort of commnicatio especially electriciaty.
Which non metals are good conductor of electricity?
name two non metal are good conducter
Which non metal can slightly conduct electricity?
Carbon can conduct electricity reasonably well and is a non-metal.
Which non metal conducts electricity?
Carbon (graphite) will conduct electricitySilicon metallic will conduct electricity
Is astatine a good conductor of electricity?
Astatine is not a good conductor of electricity. This is because it is a non-metal. All non-metals do not conduct electricity, and all metals do. The two exceptions are carbon and silicon, which are non-metals, but conduct electricity well.
Does non-metal conduct electricity?
Generally not. However, some forms of carbon, which is a nonmetal, do conduct electricity. This is the exception rather than the rule.
Which is the only non metallic element to conduct electricity?
carbon
Whats the non-metal element and form which conducts electricity?
it is carbon and the form it conduct electricity in is graphite. This is because there is one free electron that is not being shared in the covalent relationship.
Is fermium a metal?
We all know that in solid electrons are carrier of electricity while ions are carrier in liquids.but note that some non-metal can conduct electricity like graphite an allotrope of carbon. Firstly, there are non metals that can conduct electricity (ionic compounds), except they have to be dissolved to do that.
What is the only non metal that can conduct heat?
Graphite and Carbon will both conduct heat.
What non metal objects conduct electricity?
Only eighteen elements in the periodic table are generally considered nonmetals, compared to over eighty metals. Although nonmetals are generally poor conductors of heat and electricity when compared to metals, many of them still can conduct electricity. The metalloid elements (such as Silicon and Germanium) can conduct electricity and are used as semiconductors in electronics. Many generally nonmetal compounds (composed of nonmetals) can also conduct electricity, with gallium arsenide, and silicon carbide being popular components in semiconductors as well.
Does a non metal conduct electricity?
yes. For instance graphite or silicon.
Is it only metals that are conductors?
No, Graphite is also a conductor which is non metal (carbon) other conductors are electrolytes, these are the compounds which become ionized in water and conduct the electricity.
Which non metal isa good conductor of electricity?
carbon
