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Here are a few insulators:

1.Water

2. Plastic

3. Rubber

4. Glass

5. Lead

6. Wood

7. Diamonds

8. Gases like hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

9. Non-metals like phosphorous, sulphur, mica

10. Some alloys like nichrome, tungsten, etc.

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