Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by NikolaeVarius on Sunday December 01, 2019 @07:53AM
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It conducts heat, just much less than expected
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Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by emerongi on Sunday December 01, 2019 @08:19AM
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Is it possible to have a material that doesn't conduct heat?
Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by opportune on Sunday December 01, 2019 @08:25AM
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No, that would essentially mean that it doesn’t interact with neighboring matter (eg air bouncing off of it) since heat is really an emergent property of all the particles in a material bouncing/vibrating amongst each other. There are things that don’t conduct heat but they aren’t regular matter.
Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by jacquesm on Sunday December 01, 2019 @12:23PM
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No, but you can get surprisingly close with aerogels:
Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by saagarjha on Sunday December 01, 2019 @08:24AM
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The lack of a material, e.g. a perfect vacuum, as long as radiation doesn't get involved.
Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by duckymcduckface on Sunday December 01, 2019 @08:34AM
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Radiation becomes the dominant heat transfer mode in that case though, usually gets really small at day to day temperatures though.
Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by Dylan16807 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @04:24PM
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It's not that small. Blackbody radiation at room temperature is 450 watts per square meter. And it only takes an extra 15C to get 100 net watts transferred per square meter.
Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric...
by katmannthree on Sunday December 01, 2019 @10:57AM
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Radiation is always involved, even at very low temperatures.