Is Concrete a Good Conductor of Heat?

Most recent answer: 04/26/2008

Q:
Is concrete a good conductor of heat?
- S.N Goh (age 10)
Singapore
A:
Not particularly.  Metals in general are very good conductors, silver being tops.  Concrete conducts heat only about 1/500 the rate of silver.   For a good list of the conductivities of various materials, see

LeeH

(published on 04/26/2008)