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Plastic cardboard, cloth and rubber are four substances that insulate wire.
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What is material that is often used to insulate wires that conduct electricity called?
plastic
What material could be put around the wire to insulate them?
Plastics and rubbers.
What is the best material to insulate a tin can?
Cotton is the best material
What distinguishes a conductor from a insulator?
A conductor carries electricity and is made of such a material that can conduct electrons. Like copper for instance which is the best or close to the best material for carring electrical currents...Insulators on the other hand prevent the passing of electrical currents: like plastic or rubber which are used to insulate wire,switches etc.
Which material is used in manufacture of torsional pendulum wire?
brass
Can any material insulate a magnetic field?
any material can insulate magnetic field
What is material that is often used to insulate wires that conduct electricity called?
plastic
What material could be put around the wire to insulate them?
Plastics and rubbers.
A reddish-brown metal used to conduct eletricity?
Copper is often used as a material for the wire itself, but I don't think you would ever use a metal to insulate a wire. Metals all conduct electricity, meaning using them as insulators for anything electrical would be a very bad idea. The most common material used to insulate electrical wires is PVC (polyvinyl chloride).
Does copper wire insulate?
The insulation on a wire is applied after the wire is drawn to size.
How do you insulate a wire?
Cover it with a nonconducting material.In the early days of electrical wiring materials like cotton cloth, natural rubber, and gutta percha were used.Now wires are almost always insulated with plastics (e.g. PVC, nylon, teflon).
What is the best material to insulate a tin can?
Cotton is the best material
What is a sentence for insulate?
Styrofoam can insulate heat well, hence it is often used to store food.
Which material is used of soldering wire?
copper
Is China a insulator?
China is, or used to be (the current material may be some made made material) china on power lines. The separators were made of china to insulate them.
Why is it important that the material around wire be made of a substance other than a metal?
The coating on a wire is there to insulate it from contact with people, and other wires. The material will always be conducting. Good materials are rubber, plastics, glass. Metal would be the worst type of outer materials because it would conduct the electricity.
What distinguishes a conductor from a insulator?
A conductor carries electricity and is made of such a material that can conduct electrons. Like copper for instance which is the best or close to the best material for carring electrical currents...Insulators on the other hand prevent the passing of electrical currents: like plastic or rubber which are used to insulate wire,switches etc.
