Diamond possesses the highest thermal conductivity of any known bulk material at room temperature but is an electrical insulator.
In terms of thermal conductivity (k) and electrical conductivity (δ), diamond has
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2021 · Topic: Conductivity (Thermal Conductivity: Mechanisms and Wiedemann-Franz Law)
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