Timeline for Why is the heat flow in metals slower than the current flow?
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| Aug 25, 2020 at 21:46 | comment | added | Bob D | @thermomagneticcondensedboson Thanks, I appreciate it. I have found myself doing the same thing. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 20:10 | vote | accept | Soumita | ||
| Aug 25, 2020 at 7:39 | comment | added | untreated_paramediensis_karnik | I agree with your answer now (upvoted too!). I have deleted mine, as mycents pointed out, yours is correct and mine was not. | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 20:20 | comment | added | Bob D | And thanks for the feedback. | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 20:19 | history | edited | Bob D | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 24, 2020 at 20:17 | comment | added | Bob D | OK, but my main point is it is still collisions that need to transfer the energy from the hot to cold side and that takes time, be it due to electrons or atoms and molecules. But I will revise. | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 19:24 | comment | added | untreated_paramediensis_karnik | In metals heat is by far due to the electrons (i.e. the value of $\kappa$ is almost exclusively due to the electrons). Phonons play a minor role. | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:14 | history | answered | Bob D | CC BY-SA 4.0 |