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What are bad conductors of heat?

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Bad Conductor of Heat

Gold is a bad conductor of heat.

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What are the 5 bad conductors of heat?
wood, plastic, water, vacuum and air.
Why the wood is bad conductor of heat?
It is due to the arrangement of molecules of wood. As the molecules of wood is far from each other it cant pass heat through its molecules. For that wood is a bad conductor.
What is the term for bad conductors of heat?
Materials which are poor conductors of heat are called thermal insulators.
Why is lead a bad conductor of heat?
Bad heat conductors?
most non metals like polystyrene and lots of plasticsfrom your mum a friend