What substances can conduct electricity in solid state?

Answer 1

solids are of 3 types 1)insulators 2)conductors and 3)semi-conductors conductors easily conduct electricity and semi conductors conduct electricity at suitable conditions but insulators do not conduct electricity

Answer 2

In the solid state, substances that can conduct electricity include metals and semiconductors. Metals have a sea of delocalized electrons that can move freely and carry electrical charge. Semiconductors have a small energy band gap that allows some electrons to move and conduct electricity.

Answer 3

All Metals are capable of conducting electricity. The best conductive metals are Silver, Gold, And Copper (in that order). A metal's conductivity increases when it's temperature decreases.

Then there are non metallic semi-conductors like Lead and Silicon that only conduct electricity when certain conditions are met. Our ability to manipulate these conditions is what enables computation. That is why the computer tech sector in western united states is called Silicon Valley.

Water can conduct electricity to a certain degree. Anything non-conductive that gets wet will be better able to carry a current. However water is a relatively poor conductor compared to the above.

Water conducts electricity because it always contains a percentage of dissolved ions. Even pure water contains a small amount of ions that are derived from the splitting of the water molecules themselves. In that sense water becomes it's own solvent.

Water with a large amount of dissolved ions is comparable in conductivity to metallic conductors. A car battery is a good example of this.

Answer 4

Mainly metals. Properties data reference to the Periodic Table will give answer.

Answer 5

Graphite and most metals conduct electricity when solid.

Answer 6

It's simply called an "electrical conductor". An example is the metal copper.

Answer 7

When ionic substances are dissolved in water they dissociate and can then conduct electricity.

Answer 8

Semi - conductors.

Answer 9

an ionic compound or substance

Answer 10

As a solid, the charged particles cannot move and therefore, cannot carry charge.