Is a comb an insulator or a conductor?

Answer 1

Most plastic combs (like for combing your hair) would be classified as insulators.

All materials conduct, however, the amount of voltage (i.e. electrical pressure) required to make a material conduct generally cause us to classify materials as either:

1. Conductors (e.g. copper, gold)

2. Insulators (e.g. air, mica, glass, Teflon - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_insulation )

3. Semi-conductors (e.g. Silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge) )

Answer 2

Hair can be both a conductr and an insulator because whenu think about if you use a curlibg iron to curl your hair. heat is needed. To stay in the curls, hair must bg eboth a conductor and an isulator becasue otherwise hair would not be able t saty in this shape if heat was used to make this possible. The heat goesthrough the hair an dremains there for a while.

Answer 3

At high enough voltage, anything is a conductor-really. Hair is a conductor even at low impulse-- it is after all, a product of a very electrical being!

Answer 4

A comb is typically an insulator because it is made of materials like plastic or rubber that do not conduct electricity well. However, if the comb is metal, then it can be a conductor.