conductivity
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Because GRCop-42 has high thermal conductivity while maintaining its strength at extreme temperatures, it is used in aerospace systems, including liquid rocket engine combustion chambers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Scientists have previously used phrases such as "metallike biomaterials" or "biomaterials with metallike properties" for biological substances that resemble metals in strength or electrical conductivity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
It does have some more engineering problems than copper, including poorer conductivity, corrosion, and brittleness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Tesla has been a leader in this trend, for instance, securing patents on aluminum alloys with high electrical conductivity External link.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Of course, quasi-religious talk about mind control is more appealing than a discussion of heat content and conductivity.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Although some perovskite-related dual-ion conducting materials such as Ba7Nb4MoO20 have been reported, their conductivities are not high enough for practical applications, and their underlying conducting mechanisms are not well understood.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
"The present findings of high conductivities and unique ion migration mechanisms in Ba7Nb3.8Mo1.2O20.1 will help the development of science and engineering of oxide-ion, proton, and dual-ion conductors," concludes a hopeful Prof. Yashima.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
The process involves changing the electrical conductivities of semiconductors such as silicon by adding impurities.
From Nature ● Jan. 21, 2020
Molten salts are used because they possess a number of beneficial properties, including high heat capacities and thermal conductivities.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
For there has been no absolute rise of the geotherms, the thermal conductivities of both classes of materials differing but little.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
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