I need some example of conductors?

Question

Inmy homework I need to draw examples of conductors and insulators, could anyone help?

Answer 1

Ringo Starr or George Carlin in "Thomas The Tank Engine"

Answer 2

That's a really interesting question. Almost any material is a conduction (of electricity). In fact, most materials are also conductors of thermal energy as well. The interesting factor is the degree to which a material conducts electricity. WHen you apply an electrical voltage at 2 points on a material, an electrical current flows from one to the other. If a relatively large amount of current flows then the material is said to conduct well. Things that conduct it well are called conductors and those that conduct it poorly are called insulators. Most metals conduct it well so they would be examples of conductors. Silver is particuarly conductive as is copper. Things like glass and most common plastics (and of course rubber) conduct poorly so they are insulators. Water conducts poorly if it is pure but it conducts fairly will if it has something like salt (or just dirt) disolved in it. The only real insulator is a vacuum.

Answer 3

Well conductors are materials which alows heat and electricity travel through them. A conductor is a metal. Copeer steel aluminum for example. There are such things as semiconductors such as silicon which is know as a mettaloid. If you look at the periodic table then there is a section for metals. Take into account some metals are very reactive and would not be ideal for use a conductor.

Answer 4

conductors beecham, solti, simon rattle (music)


electrical
conductors, virtually all metals conductm as does water (most liquids)

insulators ceramics, most plastics, rubber, gaps /air


so
example 1: power cable often the cable is made of copper strands encased in tubes of plastic. The copper strands conduct, the plastic insulates

example 2: wearing man made fibre clothing (eg polypropelene fabrics like fleeces and man made clothing, or walking on manmade fibre carpet in plastic shoes. rubbing the fabric together generated static electricity which builds untill you touch an earthed object (usually metal generates a static electrcal charge

example 3: modern electronmic circuits are built on a wfger of sillicon which acts as a inert non conducting insualtor, individual components are hten added the tracks (connections being made using a photo lithography prpcess, which deposits a mtel (not sure whihc offhand)

example 4: take a bath, plug in a mains powered electrical device, chuck applaince into bath, water creates a circuit, ie acts as a conductor, replacing the air which acted as an insrlator...result not pretty


HTH

Answer 5

Copper is the best example of a conductor, some thing like polystyrine is thee best insulator. It also depends ahat type of drawing?

Answer 6

There are train and tram conductors still in some countries, and orchestras usually have one but no-one knows precisely what they do. Insulators are easily found to scetch around building sites often in the roof. You can recognise them by their cough, especially if they still work with asbestos.

Answer 7

My dad was a bus conductor. He worked split shifts - 4 hours on/4 hours off/4 hours on.
Stil had his own teeth when he died.
Went through North Africa and Italy during the war, wounded twice.
Liked Ruby Murray, Aston Villa and the pictures
Rolled his own fags - Golden Virginia.

Answer 8

Conductors: Metals, water, etc.
Insulators: Rubber, wood, etc.

Answer 9

Conductors:
silver
copper
gold
aluminum
iron
steel
brass
bronze
mercury
graphite
dirty water
concrete
Insulators:
glass
rubber
oil
asphalt
fiberglass
porcelain
ceramic
quartz
(dry) cotton
(dry) paper
(dry) wood
plastic
air
diamond
pure water

Answer 10

try your local bus company for conductors