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Re:An experiment suggested by a PhD student may rewrite chem... by aeternum on Thursday June 25, 2020 @03:54AM (#23637997)
>only metals are able to conduct electricity

The article is incorrect on this. Some non-metals can conduct electricity.

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Re:An experiment suggested by a PhD student may rewrite chem... by snowwrestler on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:09AM (#23640271)
Almost anything will conduct electricity if you crank the voltage high enough... :-0
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Re:An experiment suggested by a PhD student may rewrite chem... by mianos on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:34AM (#23639424)
Quite a lot of non metals can conduct electricity. Even Oxygen has a solid phase (ζ-phase <- hope that renders), where oxygen is pretty much a conducting metal. Edit: ps, if you compress it more and cool it, even oxygen becomes a super conductor. This might confuse those guys.
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