Conductor: Materials along which electrons will flow, making them suitable for use as connecting links in electrical circuits. Also, persons who guide symphony orchestras or streetcars.

 

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Conductor: Materials along which electrons will flow, making them suitable for use as connecting links in electrical circuits. Also, persons who guide symphony orchestras or streetcars.

Semiconductor: This refers to a material that is not a good conductor of electricity (copper) nor a good insulator (plastic). Silicon and germanium are the most common semiconductor materials. Semiconducto . . . View Full Definition

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS): One of the two main types of image sensors used in digital cameras. Its basic function is the same as that of a CCD. CMOS sensors are currently found in only a handful of digital cameras.

Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS): A type of chip design that requires little power to operate. In PCs, a battery-powered CMOS memory and clock chip is used to store and maintain the clock setting and system configuration inf . . . View Full Definition

Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor ( Mosfet): A type of large output transistor used in the final stages of many power amplifiers, and commonly found in most car and home amplifiers today. These field-effect transistors are controlled b . . . View Full Definition

Tour Conductor: The person who accompanies and is in charge of a tour, often on a motorcoach tour.

Technetium (Tc): Atomic number: 43, Atomic mass: (99) g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.9, Density: 11.5 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 2200 oC, Boiling point: 4877 oC, Vanderwaals radius: 0.128 nm, Isotopes: 9 . . . View Full Definition

Terbium (Tb): Atomic number: 65, Atomic mass: 158.92534 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.2, Density: 8.3 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 1360 °C, Boiling point: 3041 °C, Vanderwaals radius: unknown, Ionic ra . . . View Full Definition

Metal: A metal is a substance that conducts heat and electricity, is shiny and reflects many colors of light, and can be hammered into sheets or drawn into wire. Metals lose electrons easily to for . . . View Full Definition

Silver (Ag): Atomic number: 47, Atomic mass: 107.87 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.9, Density: 10.5 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 962 °C, Boiling point: 2212 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.144 nm, Ionic radi . . . View Full Definition