Aluminum and copper have the highest thermal conductivity among common metals (205W ... There are better heat conductors but they aren't practical materials for producing computer heatsinks ...

When fast-moving atoms or molecules hit slower-moving atoms or molecules and increase their speed, heat is transferred. This process is called conduction. The atoms in the hot spoon are moving faster ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Conduction of Heat in Solids ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 6 (December 1962), p. 92 doi:10.1038 ...

Researchers from Drexel University and Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) in Belgium have discovered that MXenes, a ...

Conduction is the flow of heat energy from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature without overall movement of the material itself. Metals are good conductors of heat energy.

Materials that conduct electricity well, like metals, also tend to conduct heat. For instance, a metal spoon left in a hot ...

MXenes' unexpected low thermal conductivity may transform insulation methods, leading to significant energy savings in ...

Thermoelectric materials ... to the heat flow. This allows them to use fewer contacts and, hence, achieve a more efficient thermoelectric conversion. Materials with "axis-dependent conduction ...