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What happens to the electrons of metals?
The electrons of metals are delocalized, meaning they are free to move throughout the solid structure. This is what allows metals to conduct electricity and heat efficiently.
Why can solid metals conduct electricity?
The delocalised electrons are free to move throughout the structure in 3-dimensions. They can cross grain boundaries. Even though the pattern may be disrupted at the boundary, as long as atoms are touching each other, the metallic bond is still present.
Does fuels conduct current?
Yes, fuels can conduct electricity when they are in a liquid state or when they contain ions that can move and carry an electric charge. However, most conventional solid fuels like gasoline and coal are poor conductors of electricity in their natural state.
Why is tin a good conductor or heat and electricity?
All metals Conduct:Tin, steel, iron, copper, aluminum, zinc and all other metals conduct electricity very well compared to most other compounds. (These pure metals conduct, but when they are used to form compounds, the result may of may not conduct electricity.)Why metals conduct:With the discoveries in solid state physics of the 20th century we learned that metals are collections of atoms which have somewhat unusually properties of the electrons. In metals the outermost electron (sometimes two) is not specifically associated with that one atom but is free to associate with atoms far and wide. We say these are delocalized electrons. Since the electrons are not attached to specific atoms, it takes very little energy to move them. As a result, any small voltage causes electron flow in a metal.This movement or flow of electrons is called electricity so this is why metals conduct electricity.Aside: Metals are not the only materials that conduct electricity, they just do it especially well.
Why does aluminum oxide not conduct electricity as a solid?
Aluminum oxide does not conduct electricity as a solid because it is an insulator. This is because it does not contain free-moving electrons that are responsible for conducting electricity. The structure of aluminum oxide is such that the electrons are tightly bound to the atoms and cannot move freely.
Which substance conducts electricity in both molten and solid states?
Ag (silver) because it is a metal and metals conduct electricity no matter in solid or liquid phase.
Which metals conduct electricity when in solid?
Zinc and other metals
Is Mercury electric?
Liquid mercury can conduct electricity, it's what makes mercury thermostats work. As for solid mercury, it conducts electricity in solid phase as all metals do.
Is iodine solid a conductor?
No solid iodine does not conduct electricity.
What type of substance can conduct electricity in the liquid but not solid phase?
Most ionic solids cannot conduct electricity in the solid phase. They only do so in the liquid phase. While they are solid, the ions in the ionic solid are fixed in their lattice so cannot move to conduct electricity whereas in the liquid phase, the ions are free and mobile and can act as charge carriers for electricity.
Do materials with ionic bonds conduct electricity in a solid and liquid state?
Materials with ionic bonds normally conduct electricity only in a liquid state. However metals, which have what are sometimes called "delocalized" ionic bonds, also conduct electricity in the solid state. It is now customary to consider metallic bonds a separate class from both ionic and covalent bonds.
Can water conduct electricity in solid state?
No. Water can only conduct electricity in its liquid state with dissolved ionic solutes.
Can a nonpolar molecule conduct electricity in either its solid or liquid state?
No.
What metals can't conduct electricity?
By definition, a solid metal, including liquid mercury, in its elemental form should conduct electricity. Under what condition a metal cannot conduct electricity? Normally when a metal is oxidized, the result is highly resistive, but then the oxide film (such as rust) is no longer considered metallic. Some metals, such as sodium, don't normally exist in its elemental form in nature. If these metals are somehow kept out of trouble (air), they too should conduct electricity. ==================================
Does liquid naphthalene conduct electricity?
Naphthalene is a Ionic Substance. Hence, Ionic substance do not conduct when solid. But they do conduct when melted or dissolved in water - and they decompose at the same time. Therefor molten Naphthalene conduts electricity as the ions become free to move when dissolved in water.
What forms does potassium conduct electricity in?
Potassium is a metal. Like other metals, potassium will conduct electricity in both the solid and liquid (or molten) forms. But because potassium is so very reactive, you will never find it in metallic form on earth, unless it is specially prepared and stored, usually in a sealed container submerged in an inert liquid. Potassium is found in nature as ionic salts. Ionic salts conduct electricity in a molten state, but not a solid state.
Why do ionic crystals conduct electric current in the solid phase liquid phase or when dissolved in water but do not conduct electric current in the solid plase?
Ionic crystals conduct electricity when dissolved in water or in the liquid phase because the ions are free to move and carry electrical charge. In the solid phase, the ions are locked in place and cannot move freely to conduct electricity. In contrast, metals conduct in the solid phase due to the mobility of free electrons within the metallic lattice.
