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Články z EurekAlertMIT scientists transform polyethylene into a heat-conducting material

7. 3 2010 (06:00)

Most polymers -- materials made of long, chain-like molecules -- are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.