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2007-02-14 07:28:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
a conductor who is waring long johns!!!!
2007-02-14 08:36:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Thermal Conductor is usually taken to refer to a metal, since they conduct heat very well.
Technically, everything is a thermal conductor, since every substance has a co-efficient of thermal conductivity. It is just some things have a very low co-efficient of thermal conductivity (that is, they are good insulators), while others have a very high thermal co-efficient.
While metals generally are good thermal conductors, and gasses are poor ones, there are some anomalies, like diamond, which is a very good conductor, even though it is not a metal.
2007-02-14 15:49:24 · answer #2 · answered by TK_M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Thermal Conductor is made from materials that conduct heat efficiently, e.g. copper. A Thermal Conductor can be used as a heat sink to draw heat away from sensitive components, e.g. the CPU in your computer.
2007-02-14 16:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thermal conductor is the same as a heat conductor.
2007-02-14 15:31:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thermal conductor is nothing but a substance which can pass heat easily and quickly
2007-02-14 23:13:39 · answer #5 · answered by salim h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good thermal conductor would be something like copper, a bad one plastic
2007-02-14 15:44:23 · answer #6 · answered by jay_opie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A material which conducts heat.
Examples - metals, some ceramics, some paints.
2007-02-18 10:47:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something that conducts heat. Most that conduct heat also conducts electricity good but not all. Diamond will conduct heat but not electricity.
2007-02-14 18:46:30 · answer #8 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a material through which heat can travel (relatively) quickly.
2007-02-14 15:33:02 · answer #9 · answered by deken_99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋