ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Specialty Definition: ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Domain	Definition
Mining	A measure of the ease with which a conduction current can be caused to flow through a material under the influence of an applied electric field. It is the reciprocal of resistivity and is measured in mhos per meter. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Electrical conductivity

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Electrical conductivity is a measure of how well a material accommodates the transport of electric charge. Conductance is an electrical phenomenon where a material contains movable particles of electricity. When a difference of electrical potential is placed across a conductor, its movable charges flow, and an electric current appears.

A conductor such as a metal has high conductivity, and an insulator like glass, or the vacuum, has low conductivity. A semiconductor has a conductivity that may vary with conditions, such as exposure of the material to certain frequencies of light.

Electrical conductivity is the reciprocal of electrical resistivity (ohms). Its SI derived unit is the siemens (named after Werner von Siemens) per meter (A²s³m^-3kg^-1). It is the ratio of the current density to the electric field strength. This applies also to the electrolytic conductivity of a fluid.

For a discussion of the physical origin of electrical conductivity, see electrical conduction.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Electrical conductivity."

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Crosswords: ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

English words defined with "ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY": photoconduction, photoconductivity ♦ semiconducting, semiconductive, semiconductor. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY": acid strength, allochromatic, anomalous skin effect ♦ bathyconductograph ♦ deposition operator ♦ ELECTROLESS PLATER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PANELS ♦ high-conductivity copper ♦ METALLIZATION EQUIPMENT TENDER, SEMICONDUCTORS ♦ salinity bridge, SOLDER DEPOSIT OPERATOR ♦ Test Particle, Transport, in Plasmas ♦ Wolf nickel-cadmium battery. (references)

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Photo Album: ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

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	Patrick Cowsert, NRCS soil scientist, discusses powerful new electrical conductivity technology with engineer from University of Nebraska's Dept of Biological Systems Engineering. Credit: Bob Nichols.		Soil EC Mapping System using electrical conductivity to identify areas of contrasting soil property is being pulled behind truck through ag fields. Credit: Bob Nichols.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
electrical conductivity	21
copper electrical conductivity	3
material electrical conductivity	2
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Modern Translation: ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Language		Translations for "ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		áramvezetõ képesség (electric conductivity). (various references)

Pig Latin		electricalay onductivitycay

Russian		электропроводимость (electric conductivity). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		električna provodljivost (electric conductivity). (various references)
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