nonconductive
adjective
non·con·duc·tive
ˌnän-kən-ˈdək-tiv 
: not capable of conducting : not conductive
nonconductive materials
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Rather than use large, noisy fans to air-cool equipment, the company will dunk its computers into tanks of nonconductive liquid.
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Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Sandia researchers are testing out cooling computers by submerging them entirely in nonconductive oil.
—Charles Q. Choi, IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
Computers can operate in a variety of nonconductive fluids whose properties have various advantages and disadvantages for data center operations.
—Mike Rogoway | Mrogoway@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
According to the patent, Pure Structural Color is made of several extremely thin sheets of nonconductive material.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
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Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Sandia researchers are testing out cooling computers by submerging them entirely in nonconductive oil.
—Charles Q. Choi, IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
Computers can operate in a variety of nonconductive fluids whose properties have various advantages and disadvantages for data center operations.
—Mike Rogoway | Mrogoway@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
According to the patent, Pure Structural Color is made of several extremely thin sheets of nonconductive material.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
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“Nonconductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonconductive. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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