Sentence examples for have a poor conductor from inspiring English sources

When the period is large enough, i.e. ω small enough, the surface layer does not have much influence and we have a poor conductor above a highly-conducting bottom.

When the period is small enough, i.e. ω large enough, the surface layer does have an influence and we have a conducting layer above a poor conductor.

"People have a misconception that because glass is a poor conductor of heat it doesn't make a good pie pan," he said.

Compared with other metals, lead is a poor conductor of heat and electricity, although it has excellent corrosion resistance when it can form an insoluble protective coating on its surface.

Since air is a poor conductor of electricity, it is expected that the samples with two overlaps would have a lower conductivity due to their increased oxygen concentrations previously determined from the EDX results.

As a practical approach, vulcanization is considered a process whereby a material of different compositions and a poor conductor of heat is subjected to a heating process with the intention of producing a uniform product having the desired physical properties.

The element is a poor conductor of heat and only a fair conductor of electricity.

Stainless steel is a poor conductor of heat.

The reason is that muscle is about 75percentt water and a good electrical conductor, while fat, which is only about 20percentt water, is a poor conductor.

In fact, fat is such a poor conductor that the original electrical current is diminished as it travels through fat.

Malleable, ductile, and dense, it is a poor conductor of electricity.