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Question
Select good and bad conductors of heat from the following:
copper, mercury, wood, iron, air, saw-dust, cardboard, silver, plastic, wool.
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Solution
Good conductors — Mercury, copper, silver, iron.
Bad conductors — Wood, air, saw dust, plastic, wool, cardboard.
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