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Can you name some bad heat insulator?

Asked by Alas kajim, Last updated: Apr 15, 2024

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L. Brett

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L. Brett, Sales Manager, MBA, Detroit

Answered Jan 26, 2021

Heat insulators are materials that do not allow heat energy to be transferred through them. Bad heat insulators are also known as good heat conductors. Bad heat insulators are materials that are good conductors of heat energy.

Examples of bad insulators include silver, copper, aluminum brass, iron, lead, mercury, and steel etc. The metals are better conductors because they contain free electrons and the electron are allowed to move through the metal easily.

Good heat insulators are also called bad conductors. They are materials that do not conduct heat easily and quickly. Examples of such material include Glass, wood, water, cork, cotton wool, Air, Asbestos, and gases.

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T. Lopez

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T. Lopez, Biology student, Graduation, Detroit

Answered Jan 21, 2021


Insulators are also known as conductors and non-metals are the most common examples of those. There are many other examples of bad insulators. The worst of them among heat is Bismuth. This is an element and a crystal that has a slight tinge of pink on it.

Another example of a bad insulator of heat is Stainless steel, which used in devices such as refrigerators and ovens. Other poor insulators are wood. This is used in tables, desks, and chairs. Mica is another one. This often comes in the form of powder and is used to color resin and in crafting projects.

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B. Mary

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B. Mary, Health Care manager, MHA(Master's In Healthcare Administration), Raleigh, North Carolina

Answered Jan 18, 2021

Insulators spread out the heat, and heat insulation means preventing heat losses from the system. Some insulators work by having pockets of air to disperse heat. An example of a good insulator is wool.

Regarding iron, the fibers of iron change it’s property. Air pockets decrease the convection cements in items because these pockets are in contact with each other but not connected. Poor insulators, known as conductors, lose heat rather quickly. Iron is a great conductor of electricity and heat.

However, it is a poor insulator. Some other examples of poor insulators include metals such as copper and steel, commonly used for radiators. Radiators keep the room warm by conducting heat.

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D. gray, Builder, Builder, Las Vegas

Answered Jan 14, 2021

In order to understand which one you are going to pick; you have to understand that you have to understand what an insulator is. When you say insulator, this means that this is something that will not allow passage or sound to move.

This means that it will not be able to conduct electricity because it does not have the right components that will make it capable of doing this. I think that the answer to this is iron. Iron can be considered as some sort of conductor because it will be able to pass heat easily.

In fact, if you would try to hold iron for a certain period of time and it is hot, expect that it will be hard to continue holding on to it. The others are good insulators.

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C. Perez

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Answered Jan 12, 2021

Good heat insulators are materials that are poor conductors of heat or thermal energy. Examples are plastics, wood, gases, etc. Heat insulators are materials that do not allow heat energy to be transferred within them.

On the other hand, poor heat insulators are materials that are good conductors of heat energy. In other words, poor heat insulators are thermal conductors. Examples of poor heat insulators are iron, copper, aluminum, brass, steel, silver, etc. To understand this better, you can also refer to good heat insulators as poor heat conductors. Similarly, poor heat insulators are also known as good heat conductors.

Good heat insulators or poor heat conductors are materials that cannot transfer heat. On the other hand, good heat conductors or bad heat insulators are materials that can easily transfer heat. Examples of good heat insulators are gases. This is because gas molecules usually resist heat transfer.

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alas kajim

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Answered Aug 08, 2018

Iron
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