Conductor- Low resistance to the flow of electricity, heat or other form of energy
Insulator- High resistance to the flow of electricity, heat or other form of energy
Conductor are materials which electric current can flow freely, and Insulator are materials which electric current cannot flow freely. Metals such as copper typify conductors, while most non-metallic solids are said to be good insulators, having extremely high resistance to the flow of charge through them. "Conductor" implies that the outer electrons of the atoms are loosely bound and free to move through the material. Most atoms hold on to their electrons tightly and are insulators. In copper, the valence electrons are essentially free and strongly repel each other. Any external influence which moves one of them will cause a repulsion of other electrons which propagates, "domino fashion" through the conductor.
Simply stated, most metals are good electrical conductors, most nonmetals are not.
Insulator do not have free electron and very high energy gap. conductor have free electron .
Yes I do, a thermal insulator keeps in the heat
Conductors let energy (such as electricity and heat) flow through them easily while insulators do not.
Expressed that way, it is somewhat confusing. The difference is how well they conduct electrical currents.
Insulators are conductors
Insulators prevent electric current from flowing, while conductors allow it to flow freely.
Yes I do, a thermal insulator keeps in the heat
Conductors let energy (such as electricity and heat) flow through them easily while insulators do not.
Expressed that way, it is somewhat confusing. The difference is how well they conduct electrical currents.
humans are not insulators, but are conductors!
They are Conductors, not much for insulation though. Differences between conductors and insulators? Conductors let energy such as electricity .
Insulators are conductors
It is the shortest distance between the conductors measured along with the surface of insulators.
Insulators prevent electric current from flowing, while conductors allow it to flow freely.
Semiconductors
Insulators.
insulators
Conductors carry thermal energy through, but insulators prevent the movement of heat energy. The usual reason is the way the electrons in these elements and compounds are organized, because electrons are the energy carrier, either for heat or electricity.