J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Steel is dense, which means that, for a given volume, it can hang on to more thermal energy than aluminum can. On the other hand, aluminum is highly conductive, which means that it can transfer heat from one place to another very rapidly.

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Tim Robbins

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

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Conductive often describes materials that transmit energy, like metals in science or technology contexts.

Physical Properties

Understanding 'conductive' requires knowing its opposite, 'insulative' or 'non-conductive', which block energy flow.

Opposite Meaning

'Conductive' can also be used when discussing how well a material transfers heat, not just electricity.

Heat Context

 of a tree can be beneficial for more organisms too insects can make their way inside the tree where moths and beetles start their lives just inside the bark as larvae here they eat the conductive tissue of the tree so the cells transporting water and the cells transporting sugar from

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 here very uncommon that said when they happen the consequences can be very bad so they just have to take precautions so this is one end of this dipole positive negative and it's measuring electric field because the surface here is not very conductive and so you need

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 crystalline silicon is sandwiched between conductive layers. Each silicon atom is connected to its neighbors by four strong bonds, which keep the electrons in place so no current can flow. Here's the a silicon solar cell uses two different layers of silicon.

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 typically consist of a protective, insulating glass exterior and an LCD screen at the bottom that produces the images you see. Between the glass exterior and the LCD screen are several sheets. One is lined with rows of a transparent, conductive material

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 life if you could see down to the surface of the Dynamo core where the field is generated what you might see parcels of fluid moving about and it's it they're generally so conductive that does parcels of fluid would drag field

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 First, the skin is covered with conductive gel. Since sound waves lose speed and clarity when traveling through air, this gooey substance ensures an airtight seal between the body and the wand emitting ultrasound waves.

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 like the one that you can see here in the photo. A technician will put the electrodes onto the scalp using a conductive gel or paste and usually after a procedure of preparing the scalp by light abrasion.

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 and are found in many areas across the world in low concentrations. These elements have a huge range of magnetic, phosphorescent, and conductive properties that make them crucial to modern technologies.

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 chickenwire rolled up. But this chickenwire carbon, called a carbon nanotube, is a hundred thousand times smaller than the width of one of your hairs. It's a thousand times more conductive than copper.

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 Flowing water acts like a theremin or a violin. And you can even hook to the trees. Anything in the world is either conductive or not conductive, and you can use those together. So — —

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