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Conductors are materials that allow electrons/electricity to easily flow through them. Electrons are loosely bound to their atoms. Examples of conductors are humans, metal, salt water. This picture of a lightning rod is an example of a conductor because the lightning rod will allow electrons to easily flow through it if the rod gets struck by lightning. ( I got this picture from the internet)

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two metal poles with birds on them and one is standing in front of the other

Groundwork Lightning Protection System Benjamin rods validated the effectiveness of lightning arrestors. An account on different researches that has been done and damages that is caused by lightning strike, when it was first observed on an air-terminal raise the concern for protection of buildings,…

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The use of lightning rods to safely guide lightning strikes into the ground has been a common approach that dates back centuries. And while they work as they should, they don’t offer enough cover for a large area, due to their short range. University of GenevaHowever, researchers in Europe have tested a system that makes use of terawatt-level later pulses to steer lighting toward a 26-foot rod, reveals an Engadget report.What’s crazy is that this isn’t limited by its physical height and is able Weird Lightning, Metallic Lightning Symbol, Live High Resolution Lightning Detection, Live Lightning Crashes, Metallica Ride The Lightning, Lightning Rod, Lightning Strikes, Wall Street Journal, Science And Technology

The use of lightning rods to safely guide lightning strikes into the ground has been a common approach that dates back centuries. And while they work as they should, they don’t offer enough cover for a large area, due to their short range. University of GenevaHowever, researchers in Europe have tested a system that makes use of terawatt-level later pulses to steer lighting toward a 26-foot rod, reveals an Engadget report.What’s crazy is that this isn’t limited by its physical height and is…

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an experiment at the university of florida is shown in pink and white lightning streaks across the sky

This month, as part of our special on the future of education, PopSci_ presents 10 labs where students do serious research (and career training) by blowing stuff up._ Lab: The Lightning Research Lab at the University of Florida Career: Lightning-tolerant spacecraft designer, power utilities engineer A lucky few engineering students at the University of Florida get to do something vaguely magical: conjure their own lightning.

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