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Give one property of metal foil which makes it a good material to use as a switch?

One property of metal foil that makes it a good material to use as a switch is its high electrical conductivity. This property allows for efficient flow of electrical current through the foil, making it an ideal material for conducting electricity in a switch mechanism. Additionally, metal foil is malleable and can be easily shaped or bent to create the desired switch design. Lastly, metal foil is durable and can withstand repeated use without significant degradation, making it a reliable choice for switch applications.


What is block foil printing?

Block foil printing is producing gold (silver) foil printing on a piece of wood.


What can be used to keep plaster of Paris from sticking to aluminum foil pan to make a hand print?

yes


Who first invented printing that used separate metal letters?

Gutenburg first invented printing that used separate metal letters.


How many potatoes are needed to light a 5 watt light bulb?

The critical thing in a battery is not how much electrolyte (potato) is used but the area of the electrodes in contact with the electrolyte. A high current "potato battery" could be constructed by pureeing a few potatoes in a blender and coating long foil strips of the two different metals with a thin layer of this damp potato paste and cover the potato paste with tissue paper as an insulator to prevent short circuits followed by another thin layer of damp potato paste. Roll the layered sandwich of coated foil strips up (one metal, damp potato paste, tissue paper, damp potato paste, other metal, damp potato paste, tissue paper, damp potato paste), without letting the potato paste squeeze out or wrinkling the foil strips. The thinner the layers of the damp potato paste used the fewer potatoes needed, but the current will be the same as it would be with a thicker layer. Attach wires to the two foil strips and encapsulate the "potato dry cell" you have just made in paraffin to keep it from drying out. You will need to build several of these and connect them in series to get the voltage needed by your lightbulb. It will require some calculations to determine how much of each of the materials (i.e. dimensions of metal strips, potato puree, tissue paper) needed, but that is beyond the scope of this website.

Related Questions

What is a metal used used in foil?

Aluminum.


What metal is used in foil?

aluminum


What metal is used in food?

aluminium foil


What is a metal used in foil (world spelling)?

Aluminum.


Is aluminium foil is a metal?

This foil is also a metal.


Which metal foil is used in packing medicine tablets?

aluminium


What metal is used as silver foil?

depends on foil:aluminumgold (usually called leaf not foil, most common use is lettering on leather bound books)silver (usually called leaf not foil, most common use is lettering on leather bound books)tin (used for purpose aluminum foil is used for, rarely seen today)lead (often used in roofing to prevent leaks from pooling water, thick for foil)etc.


Why is aluminium foil an element?

because aluminum foil is really metal and metal is an element.


What type of metal is found in aluminum foil?

Aluminum foil is made of aluminum metal.


What is a metal that foil is NOT typically made with?

Foil is usually made of Aluminum and maybe sometimes some form of steel. Metals like Magnesium or Tungsten wouldn't be used in foil.


Which element is used in foil?

What kind of foil? The stuff you get in the supermarket to wrap sandwiches is mostly aluminum (although it contains other elements - both added intentionally and picked up from the recycling process that a lot of aluminum goes through) but "foil" is just paper-thin sheet metal so any metal malleable enough to roll down to a few thousandths of an inch thickness, and strong enough to hold together when it's rolled that thin, can be made into foil. There's gold foil, silver foil, copper foil, tin foil - yes, "tin foil" that's really made out of tin exists - lead foil, iron foil, steel foil...Aluminium is the metal used in foil. Its symbol is Al. Its atomic number is 13.


What Kind of metal was used to make glass milk bottle tops?

Aluminium foil