Is an eletrical insulator a metal?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

No it would be something like glass... A perfect insulator would have no conductivity, but in real life these don't exist so we tend to use things that have tightly bonded electrons that won't allow a charge to build up.

Wiki User

∙ 13y ago

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