Why is ice an insulator?

Answer 1

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Ice is water in solid form. The atoms in water are constantly moving freely and quickly in the much space around it. When frozen, the atoms cool down causing them to slow down and stifffen up and turn into a solid. The loose atoms in a liquid allow electric current to pass through it easily. A block of ice will have tighter atoms not allowing it to pass throgh it as easily. and on top of that, the ice is literally freezing cold causing electric current to cool down.

Answer 2

Ice can conduct electricity, but not very well. Electricity is conducted by free ions in water. The ions come from dissolved salt and from electrons released by disintegrated water molecules. Unless the valence electrons are freed from the water molecules, they don't play a part. In ice, the ions don't travel easily, as they are locked into crystals.

Answer 3

Ice is a conductor of an electricity. Maybe it's on a solid state,it is also a water and water is a very good conductor of electricity.