An insulator or a dielectric is the generic name for a material which does not allow electrons to flow through it. Many polymers such as PE, PP, PVC etc are insulators. Ceramics such as hardened clay are also insulators. Others include:
Such materials are insulators. Insulators are materials that don't have free electrons available for the flow of electrons, which is called an electric current.
Insulators are either pure elements which have a "full" outer electron shell (containing 8 electrons, which makes a full set for the shell) or they are compounds that have their electrons completely bound, with none available to flow away in a current.
Further notes:
All insulators can have their outer shell electrons broken loose if a high enough voltage is applied. This is called the dielectric breakdown voltage.
"Conductors" are elements that have only 1 or 2 electrons in the outer shell. These elements' electrons are loosely bound to their atoms and are already moving around in the crystalline structure. The application of a voltage to a conductor will cause these electrons to flow from negative to positive. This flow is what is called the current.
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Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor.energy resulting from the flow of charged particles, such as electrons or ions:)energy resulting from the flow of charged particles, such as electrons or ions
Any conductor like copper or silver or aluminum
A voltage will cause electrons or other charge carriers to flow (if there is a path through which they can flow). In other words, it will cause a current.
Anything that is classified as a conductor will allow the flow of electrons.
The material that electrons do not readily flow through in the electrical trade is classed an an insulator.
Simply put an conductor is a material that lets free electrons flow through it. When free electrons are flowing that is called current. So an electrical conductor will have current pass through. Non-conductive material will not allow these electrons to flow and no electricity can be passed through. Good conductors have almost no resistance to electron flow.
If you mean "dis"allow the flow, it's because electrons cannot travel easily between the atoms of the material.
Any material that does not allow the free flow of electrons.
Resistance.
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