Which Metals Conduct Electricity The Best? | Metal Supermarkets

[@canadiannuclearman]

I told a teacher this but he thought it was gold. because the contacts on switches are gold. But I later found out gold does not rust or oxidise inert. Pure Silver does oxidise.

[@charliebrownau]

Seems Gold might be the best in SHTF with no manfactoring sector

[@AdityaSingh-sw5pd]

Actually gold is better in a long run as it is unreactive, it will not corrode while silver will after some years. Thanks!

[@lionedheart]

@@AdityaSingh-sw5pd a combination of gold mixed with silver may be the best solution.

[@sandlisahu7036]

@@lionedheart yes but it will be expensive..

[@youneverknow01]

Trust me when I was in school we were told the same and I just got to know that gold isnt that good at all. My life has been a lie smh.

[@my.angel.on.angel.dust.29]

Thanks for explaining which metals conduct electricity the best! This includes in our school project!

[@philipwebb960]

What about platinum?

[@sampleoffers1978]

Lot of interest in intertwining two cheap metals for conductivity, when heat is applied. So brass and nickel, and or copper, raveled up...and then heated minimally...but also modern membranes between metals to facilitate charges...Goal is to get trickle charge potential...passively or with heat added. Obviously hvac systems already have such components.

[@eltonjohn133]

Wow this video actually tells what's the best conductor pretty cool considering it's on my e.i.m test thanks

[@christianemmanuelf.domingo793]

so can u use pure silver in motor coil? perhaps just to win a race?

[@orlandoogando1517]

Do you have grapheme in stock

[@Enemji]

What does that mean? If I have copper terminals vs aluminum terminals, what will change? The voltage? The current? Or the resistance?

[@chadwolfeschledgelsteinhau9697]

You get 5% more energy for free if you use silver

[@WR3ND]

Voltage, current, and resistance are proportionally related to each other in a circuit, so... yes, they all will change.

[@restoretheearth2829]

Thank you so much for this video.. Have a blessed day from Texas.

[@qwaqwa1960]

Interestingly, silver tarnish is also conductive. Also, I think it's the sulphide that usually forms, not the oxide. But don't quote me.

[@3308redar]

That is correct. Silver does not usually react with oxygen at room temperature, but it can react with the sulfur in the sweat in your skin. And the silver sulfide is conductive

[@JeRzUx]

Thanks dude i’m cheating on a test rn xD

[@yashwinsingh7203]

@スクロットニメション no shit Sherlock

[@pxspartangg352]

@@yashwinsingh7203 Well actually chemistry does involve electricity, i've studied Quantum physics at a advanced level and im only 14, its best not to be rude to other people due to their lack of knowledge and/or situations.

[@mythosEthosLOGOS25155]

Some games are better with cheat codes 😎

[@jaykaiser1754]

If cheating is cool then weak-mindedness is, too.

[@jaquaviousjefferson]

@@jaykaiser1754 "cheating" in this context is just doing research on the spot. Doctors do this all the times with books, no one cares how you got the right answer just get it imo

[@WR3ND]

So then gold or nickel plating of electrical contacts on copper is done just for corrosion resistance. I guess the question then is at what point does copper become less electrically conductive when corroded?

[@johnjosephfontaine2712]

Excuse me but what aboot Cobalt(you know the 3rd metal) the weak sister to magnetic "iron" EH ? appreciate it if you'd educate moi eh !

[@PriyankaSingh-ol2cj]

Sir, If we use Silver wiring instead of Copper wiring... Will the electricity bill will increase or decrease and why?

[@karhukivi]

Increase! Silver is more expensive than copper.

[@Steveman27]

@@karhukivi They're asking about after the silver is purchased.

[@karhukivi]

@@Steveman27 No perceptible difference in the electricity bill. A saving in transmission costs due to the lower resistance, but the question is nonsense in the real world as any "savings" are offset by the price of silver and its mechanical strength, resistance t corrosion and availability.

[@Steveman27]

@@karhukivi So not counting the extra cost of silver wiring, you're saying that the electric bills from there on forward, would be no different, because even if the silver would conduct better than the copper, the difference would be so minuscule that it wouldn't even be noticed, right?

[@karhukivi]

@@Steveman27 Yes, that is correct. Copper is the best choice for electrical and mechanical properties and price.

[@dougwilliams8602]

I’m guessing cooper or gold

[@BobTheBuilder294]

That's what I thought too

[@beaclaster]

What's copper?

[@Little_Fred]

Pensei a mesma coisa

[@karhukivi]

Your table at 2:05 is misleading, using percentages gives the wrong impression. Even lead is still thousands of times more conductive than salt water or certain non-metals. All the metals are very good conductors. Aluminium (your 61%) is often used on high-voltage powerlines when the price of copper is high. The resistance is higher over a long line but is offset by the lower price.

[@jimgee2676]

what makes a better distributor cap one with aluminum contacts or one with brass contacts , thanx

[@scottmichael3745]

Between the 2 choices you gave, brass. Aluminum is too soft and the arking would remove particles eroding the aluminum.

[@davidrobbins8941]

How do you get 105%? 😨⛈

[@plainlogic]

He literally just told you. It's based on the "annealed copper standard". So, if copper is the standard it would have a value of 100%. Silver is the best conductor at normal ambient temperatures. There's super conductors that are more efficient but have to be super cooled to become more conducive.

[@joshoconnor6684]

@@plainlogic right, problem is when were talking energy and they use percentages that are over 100% it would imply you are infact receiving more energy than was put in.

[@behbear1]

thank you, this is good to know 👍🤗

[@TruthSurge]

Funny how guitars use tinned copper and claim it's to keep it from rusting but to me, I want pure copper so I get the most current I can from those pickups! Old guitars used copper w/o that nasty tin over them. Everything is becoming cheap crap from Asian countries these days.

[@sheesh6590]

So funny hahahaha

[@killuminatikilla3235]

Gold

[@auletjohnast03638]

SILVER IS THE BEST CONDUCTOR, BUT COPPER IS USED THE MOST IN ELECTRICAL APPLICATIONS BECAUSE IS LESS EXPENSIVE, AND GOLD HAS THE MOST CORROSIVE RESISTANCE, BUT TO EXPENSIVE.

[@dcasper8514]

john alt. too expensive..

[@porkchopspapi5757]

Why are you yelling?

[@auletjohnast03638]

Porkchop's Papi, I ALWAYS WRITE IN CAPS!

[@porkchopspapi5757]

@@auletjohnast03638 OK! You don't have to yell

[@azuwan]

If the gold is inferior than copper, why some manufacturers often from “premium” branded using gold plated for the electrical contact? Just using copper alone will make good contact. Or maybe overtime the copper oxidised thus making it less conductive while gold itself is stable metal and not reacting oxide. That’s what I can justify the gold plated contact. Please somebody test if copper oxidised make less conductive and how long it the time takes before need to clean the copper oxide. Curious...

[@sheauwn6974]

Oxidation of the thin contacts that connect directly to a chip will certainly render them useless. Gold is only used in places where exposed to the atmosphere. Gold cannot tarnish or corrode, making it perhaps the only metal that can be used for contacts. In addition, gold is extremely malleable and can be formed into tiny little contacts easily. Platinum is basically the only alternative, but it has about 4x the resistivity and isn't much cheaper.

[@ramkumarr1725]

We used to say Chemical is Kam-Akkal (lesser intelligence). Glad copper is at 2. I taught electronics to all my classmates. Electronics is more long term

[@joshuagenes]

With the advancement of superconductor science it seems like we should have an alloy that is better than silver at room temperature.

[@NSAwatchesME]

but what about Ti?

[@ekoi1995]

I love the plot twist in this movie, i mean video.

[@damaylaphoenix1155]

copper tarnish also. gold is the only metal that output 100 percent the input!

[@jamesv.5637]

No silver jewelry during Thunderstorms😬

[@michaelanderson3096]

Gold is the best conductor of electricity, then silver. Super fluid mercury mixed with helium is the best conductor of electricity.

[@brd8764]

Good conductors obviously.

[@jackburnett2810]

copper, silver then gold. But the best conductors are soon to be carbon, as in graphene, as soon as its manufacturing process goes commercial. Electrons can flow over it with zero resistance and its thermal conductivity is far superior to any metal. Better get on board that graphene train because its going to be everywhere from transmission lines to circuit board traces to batteries to replacing silicon in semiconducters.

[@cleanshoelacesunderparis5472]

When paying your electric bill, something that perhaps is unconcerning are Ohms.

[@halasimov1362]

Clean Shoelaces Under Paris Resistance is how slow I pay them 😂

[@The52brandon]

I wish welder manufacturers would pay attention to these stats. It makes me insane to see brass plugs on the front panel of welding machines that use large cables (often around 4AWG give or take) made of 100% copper for welding leads, using copper ground clamps/stingers. There's not one single reason to use brass over copper except for the absolute minimal savings on material. But they could use 1 size smaller connectors made of nickel-plated copper and increase efficiency without raising costs. O even if cost increases by like $2, many of these machines cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. I'd imagine customers would pay the extra $2. There's not even a single manufacturer of aftermarket copper plugs/jacks. And I've not found one person to make sense of it

[@restoretheearth2829]

Bran onymous ++++ The answer is that copper is softer than brass. Therefore in normal use (not abusive use) , the copper would become dented and thereby make poor contacts, lessening efficiency and also probably causing overheating. The brass parts are larger than the conductors, compensating for the drop in conductivity. Blessings from Texas, USA.

[@dredgenauryx3382]

Be me: here learning about this for fantasy world building...

[@naumankhan7593]

Copper is 62%....is it right?

[@GYANGURUJI]

Thanks dudeees

[@joshoconnor6684]

So with silver being rated #1 and having 105% conductivity am i supposed to believe that somehow *MORE* energy is output than is input? Weve solved the world energy crisis folks, thats a wrap.

[@Concavehexagon]

He said it was based on the international annealed copper standard which is comparative. So its not that silver outputs more than input, but that it's about a 5% better conductor than copper. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Annealed_Copper_Standard

[@dOoMnX]

@@Concavehexagon such an idiot 🙄

[@dominicbruno3109]

Did everyone just forget about murcury? It's considered a metal last time I checked ✔.

[@yashwinsingh7203]

Mercury* and no *mercury* is not the best conductor, it is silver

[@vexlyz5280]

Liquid at room temperature. Toxic. Not ideal or convenient to use.

[@mikeriley9915]

Copper is the most common but not the best. I would say Gold

[@gentelmenschannel5028]

Mike Riley The best is silvers

[@louf7178]

105% ?

[@Paul-kd3ui]

The Chicago University first nuclear stack used silver wiring --it was stolen

[@mikeriley9915]

So it sliver I was wrong about gold.

[@porkchopspapi5757]

I always thought it was gold, no?

[@Coneman3]

Silver is also not as good as copper for AC.

[@SAO_Liz]

I love it

[@SteelyFl1nch]

Thanks man I needed to cheat on a test XD but got cought 2 seconds ago (lol I can't spell)

[@SC-PhoenixFC]

Just use graphene. It even more durable than diamond

[@jagman7023]

Jason Jackson lmaooo

[@happyandhealthy888]

safe !!!

[@linusmadrone]

😊

[@sangmin6350]

Goldenboizzz

[@phasorsystems6873]

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[@CCCReadings]

111

[@scottmichael3745]

Haven't even started the video yet. #1 gold #2 silver #3 copper #4 iron #5 aluminum. Well i watched it, and i don't believe it. So how does something conduct MORE than 100%? And iron is only 17%? Bull$hit. You do realize the ENTIRE negative pole of a car, is the frame. The steel frame. All of it. Every ground in a car, is connected to the frame, and its "only" 17% efficient? Absolute bull$hit.

[@DSKSAGAR-ez4yu]

GooD

[@simplecomplicated1394]

why is liquid mercury not in list?

[@tonysanders5721]

What about titanium

[@tonysanders5721]

Can I purchase it from you I was wanting to build a boat

[@restoretheearth2829]

Tony Sanders + Titanium is hard to work with and absorbs hydrogen, I think, when trying to weld it.

[@michaeldesilvio9980]

me.

[@JohnnyLawrence-p7b]

Copper

[@mankindanddestiny7798]

but what about iron

[@sampleoffers1978]

What about iron combined brass and or aluminum but also with nickel. What about cheap, abundant metals and then maybe heat applied

[@grind_playz4112]

Ree

[@yassinkhaled8102]

ur Jason Jackson

[@petepependowski8329]

Ok somebody must disagree. Here I'll start "this is liberal sc ience" because such and such is a liar.😁