45 Examples of Insulators

Is considered insulators To them materials that offer resistance to the conduction of energy (thermal or electric), contrary to conductive materials, which are those that conduct energy easily.

Insulating materials are usually classified into two large groups:

Examples of electrical insulators

Examples of thermal insulators

1. Expanded cork
2. Expanded polystyrene
3. Glass foam
4. Glass wool
5. Wood chips
6. Wood fiber
7. Mineral wool or rock wool
8. Phenolic resin foam
9. Expanded perlite plates
10. Elastomeric foam
11. Extruded polystyrene
12. Polyethylene foam film
13. Polyurethane foam
14. Cellulosic foam
15. Wood wool slabs
16. Cereal pellets
17. Polyethylene foam

What makes a material insulating or driver?

The high or low electric conductivity of a material is determined by how tightly electrons (which are subatomic particles with a negative electrical charge) are attached to its structure. This leads to electrons in conducting materials requiring low amounts of energy to move through the material, while in insulators these amounts of energy must be very greater.

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