conductivity
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His team observed room-temperature phonon focusing in boron arsenide, a crystalline semiconductor known for its high thermal conductivity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
By combining thermal conductivity measurements with neutron scattering data, the team was able to directly connect the dramatic increase in heat flow to changes in the atomic vibrations inside the crystal.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 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
It does have some more engineering problems than copper, including poorer conductivity, corrosion, and brittleness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
A person having a strong emotional reaction is going to "spike" a conductivity meter.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Compared with previous designs, the material can achieve a much broader range of thermal conductivities, closely approaching the properties predicted to be necessary for ideal thermal cloaking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
"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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