Why is copper a good thermal conductor?
I have my own theory why copper is a better conductor of thermal heat than say some other metals. All the ideas you read are based on free electrons that vibrate and transfer their energy to the next adjoining atom’s electrons and on down the line. Metal Thermal conductivity copper 394 silver 418 aluminium 238 stainless steel 13 But I don’t buy that theory –and it is that–theory- What does make sense is to take into account the fundamental forces that run our universe and electric charges are top on that list, it’s what makes all chemical reactions happen, it is how you generate electricity, it is how you start a nuclear reaction– So in my world this is how I theorize what is happening– electrons vibrate more easily on copper than say stainless steel (see table above of relative thermal conductivities between some metals) because the electrons in the outer ring of the copper atom are in a better orbital to not cancel out each other’s magnetic generations. Anytime an electron moves
