Is there such a thing, if so I have never heard of it. I am aware that its conductivity is not good (3 to 10% of that of copper), depending on the type, but not conducting - I have never heard of. Anyone?
None electrically conductive stainless steel
Jul 17, 2017
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No such thing, but it can be hard to make a contact if you're using a multimeter. Stainless is essentially so because of the Chromium content which forms a hard surface layer of oxide which is non-conducting.
Cheers
Correct. High electrical and thermal conductivity is an intrinsic property of metals, it is to do with the way that electrons behave in a lattice comprised of metal atoms.
About the lowest electrical conductivity of convenient metals is the alloy, Nichrome. In arbitrary units
Nichrome = 1 Stainless steel = 100 Copper = 200
Thanks both, it is as I thought. Just something someone had said, which contradicted that understanding.
They were perhaps getting confused with the magnetic properties of SS in the context of induction hobs?
Of course there isn't. Why do you ask? Brian
Brian Gaff explained on 18/07/2017 :
A sanity check, after someone argued there was a version of SS which was an insulator.
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