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Contrast insulators and conductors?
Insulators do not allow electric current to flow through. Conductors allow electric current to flow through.
Describe the difference between insulator and conductor?
Insulators prevent electric current from flowing, while conductors allow it to flow freely.
Why are metals good conductors of electric current?
An electric current can be carried through a metal by the free flow of the shared electrons.
What the best conductors and insulators?
Most Metals are the best conductors. Like, silver. The best insulators are plastic, like glass. These materials are some of the best conductors/insulators because of their ability/inability to conduct electric current. Electric current is the flow of electric charge through a medium. Insulators have a high resistance and do not allow electrons to flow easily through them. Conductors have a low resistance allowing electrons to flow freely. In order to say which is the best or worst conductor you can check a resistivity table(typically measured in ohms). Be careful to look at the temperature of the material because that can change the resistivity.
What is a material that will carry an electric current called?
A material that will carry an electric current is called a conductor. Conductor materials have high electrical conductivity, allowing the flow of electric charges with minimal resistance. Examples of conductors include metals such as copper, aluminum, and silver.
What does the electric current have?
In metal conductors, electric current is the flow of electrons.
Contrast insulators and conductors?
Insulators do not allow electric current to flow through. Conductors allow electric current to flow through.
What do you call materials that let electricity flow though?
Conductors are what the electrons flow through, in a single electric current called a circuit. Hence circuit breakers on conductors.
Electric current is sometimes incorrectly defined as simply a flow of electrons What is wrong with this definition?
Electric current is the rate of flow of electrons.AnswerA more accurate definition of electric current would be that it is a flow of electric charges. While current flow in a metallic conductor is, indeed, a flow of electrons, in other conductors -such as electrolytes- current flow may be a movement of ions. So, it would be more accurate to define current in terms of charge flow, rather than in terms of electron flow.
The electrical current in solid metallic conductors is the effect of what?
It is the flow of negatively charged particles, i.e. electrons.
Do conductors offer little resistance to the flow of electric current?
Yes- you have suggested a correct working definition for a conductor.
What is the driving force which causes electrons to flow through conductors called?
That force is called an 'electric current'.
What do conductors impede the flow of?
current
What is a stream of charged protons and electrons from the sun?
Those are two different things. Here are the answers to both: -- There is no such thing as a "flow of power". -- The flow of electric charge is "electric current".
Why do electric circuits need to use conductors?
Without conductors, electrons do not flow where you want them to flow. An electrical circuit is a flow of electrons.
The flow of electric charges is called?
The flow of electric charges is current.
Do conductors offer very little resistant to the flow of electric current?
Yes- you have suggested a correct working definition for a conductor.
