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Part of the screen assembly is a layer of indium tin oxide, a clear, conductive material. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "Things Come Apart: Facebook Portal+," 24 Mar. 2019 The electrodes and electrolyte need to be electrically conductive to allow electrons and ions to flow from one electrode to the other. — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, "Charge from Change: Make a Coin Battery," 10 May 2018 Why stitch a bunch of highly conductive, electrochemically active materials into textiles that touch your body? — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "Battery Fashion: Scientists Weave Rechargeable Electronics Into Clothes," 9 Nov. 2018 For Pyeongchang this year, where the temperatures dropped into the low double digits, Lauren’s red, white and blue parkas had wearable heating components—printed in silver conductive ink in the shape of the American flag. — Christina Binkley, WSJ, "Ralph Lauren Wants People to Feel Good About Their Country," 7 Nov. 2018 Graphene is flexible, transparent, highly electrically conductive and stronger than steel. — Erika Hayasaki, Newsweek, "Kanzius Cancer Machine Gets Its First Human Trial," 21 July 2015 Copper is so conductive that the rim of the pan is exactly as hot as the bottom, which allows you to cook more efficiently. — David Bouley, Town & Country, "Top 5 Kitchen Essentials: From the Steals to the Stratospheric," 23 Feb. 2016 Earlier experiments by other groups had produced conductive water that could have been superionic, but those scientists could not determine if the current were carried by ions and not electrons. — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, "New Form of Water, Both Liquid and Solid, Is ‘Really Strange’," 5 Feb. 2018 Under the technicians’ feet, an electrically conductive grounding mat defined the workspace. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "Volkswagen’s All-Electric Effort to Climb Out of Its P.R. Hole," 4 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'conductive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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