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Q: Why physical inability of rocks to conduct heat well?
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Is the ability to conduct heat a physical property?

The ability to conduct heat does not involve a chemical reaction, so it can't be a chemical property. Therefore, it is a physical property.


Is ability to conduct heat a chemical or physical?

as far as i know its a physical property


Which of the physical processes is the formation of metamorphic rocks?

Heat and Pressure


What physical process makes metamorphic rocks?

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Which physical processes result in the formation of metamorphic rocks?

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Ability to conduct heat?

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How the conditions under which rocks form affect the physical stability of Rocks?

The conditions that affect physical stability are heat, temperature, compression, pressure, and the molecular structure.


Describe how the conditions under which rocks form affect the physical stability of rocks.?

The conditions that affect physical stability are heat, temperature, compression, pressure, and the molecular structure.


What things conduct heat?

Technically, everything. Any amount of matter will conduct heat as a matter of molecular vibrations. However, heat conduction increases with density and delocalization of bonds (metals are the best conductors, followed by some forms of graphite, then probably some organic molecules, then other molecules, then salts, then lastly rocks and such).


What is the ability to transmit electrical currents called?

The ability of a material to transfer heat or electric current is called conductivity.


Does a teapot conduct heat?

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Does germanium conduct heat?

Germanium is a metal that does conduct heat, but does not conduct heat as well as other metals. This makes it a semiconductor.