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An insulator is the general term for things that do not conduct electricity. Rubber is a good example. Glass, paper and Teflon are also other good examples of insulators. It is too broad to point out a specific type. I would have been inclined to say a polymer, (i.e. plastics) but conducting polymers have very popular use as conductors.

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