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conductor- metal (especially copper) is a great conductor of electricity. Silver is a great conductor of heat.
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Are most metals electrical insulators?
No, most metals are electrical conductors. This means that most metals will conduct an electric current in the presence of an electric field.
Is a penny a conductor or an insulator?
Conductor
Is a key an insulator or a conductor?
A key would be a conductor. ------------------------------------------------------ That would depend on what the key was made of. Keys made out of metals would be conductors, while contactless plastic car keys would be insulators.
Is glue an insulator or a conductor?
Most glues would be insulators. A few specially formulated 'glues' are conductors.
Are diapers good insulators?
diapers are good insulators because they hold in the cold and and heat but is a bad conductor
Do non metals contuct heat?
Non metals do not conduct heat. They have high resistance.They are insulators.Non metals do not have a pool of 'free electrons' (as metals do with metallic bonds). Hence they generally are poor conductors of heat. Nonmetals such as Styrofoam are widely used as insulators. Graphite is an exception as it is a good conductor of heat with its free electrons.Most of the non metals does not conductors because the do not have free electrons. But graphite is a good conductor. Most of the non metals are insulators.
Is copper conductor or insulators?
Conductor, which is why it's used for wires.
Are metals thermal insulators?
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Is metal a good insulator?
In a conductor, electric current can flow freely, in an insulator it cannot. Metals such as copper typify conductors, while most non-metallic solids are said to be good insulators, having extremely high resistance to the flow of charge through them. "Conductor" implies that the outer electrons of the atoms are loosely bound and free to move through the material. Most atoms hold on to their electrons tightly and are insulators. In copper, the valence electrons are essentially free and strongly repel each other. Any external influence which moves one of them will cause a repulsion of other electrons which propagates, "domino fashion" through the conductor.Simply stated, most metals are good electrical conductors, most nonmetals are not. Metals are also generally good heat conductors while nonmetals are not.Source: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/conins.html
Do metals or non metals conduct heat better?
Metals are better conductors and non-metals are better insulators. Metalloids can be either a conductor or an insulator, it depends on the object.
Examples of insulators and conductors?
Insulators: wood, plastic Conductors: Copper, Gold
Plastic conductor or insulator?
plastic are insulators because metals are the only conductors.Any other materials which is not classified as metals are said to be insulator
How are conductor and insulators similar?
Conductors are materials that allow energy such as heat and electricity to pass through while insulators prevent the energy to flow. Most metals are considered good conductors while rubber is a good insulator.
Is a copper penny a insulator?
Metals such as copper typify conductors, while most non-metallic solids are said to be good insulators. So no, a penny is a conductor, not an insulator.
Is a papeclip a conductor or insulator?
If something is a conductor or an insulator depends on the material, not its function. A metal paperclip will be a conductor, since metals are conductors. A plastic paperclip will be an insulator, since plastics generally are insulators.
Is a coin a condutor or insulators?
A coin is made of metal, and like all metals would be a good conductor of both heat and electricity.
What items are insulators and conductor?
Conductors are materials that allow electrons to flow easily through it. Metals are the best examples of conductors. Insulators to the opposite; they don't like letting their electrons flow. Glass, rubber, and wood are some examples of insulators.
