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
Instead, the idea makes use of extremely cold and nonconductive liquids, like liquid nitrogen, to cool server systems by immersing them in the liquid.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Nov. 2023
On a basic level, immersion cooling really is as simple as submerging computers in a nonconductive liquid.
—Mike Rogoway | Mrogoway@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
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
The blue represents nonconductive igneous rock, while the yellow, orange, and red circles indicate areas of conductivity, from least to most conductive.
—Josh Goldman, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2023
Researchers have used our machine to print artificial ears from living cells and to build working batteries and actuators from a variety of conductive and nonconductive materials.
—Jeffrey Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2013
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
Instead, the idea makes use of extremely cold and nonconductive liquids, like liquid nitrogen, to cool server systems by immersing them in the liquid.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Nov. 2023
On a basic level, immersion cooling really is as simple as submerging computers in a nonconductive liquid.
—Mike Rogoway | Mrogoway@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
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
The blue represents nonconductive igneous rock, while the yellow, orange, and red circles indicate areas of conductivity, from least to most conductive.
—Josh Goldman, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2023
Researchers have used our machine to print artificial ears from living cells and to build working batteries and actuators from a variety of conductive and nonconductive materials.
—Jeffrey Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2013
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 22 Dec. 2024.
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