Electrical insulator | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-13

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00:02:13 1 Physics of conduction in solids
00:04:04 1.1 Breakdown
00:06:23 2 Uses
00:09:13 3 Telegraph and power transmission insulators
00:10:09 3.1 Material
00:11:55 3.2 Design
00:14:15 3.3 Types of insulators
00:17:43 3.4 Suspension insulators
00:20:47 3.5 History
00:23:19 4 Insulation of antennas
00:25:41 5 Insulation in electrical apparatus
00:29:14 5.1 Class 1 and Class 2 insulation
00:30:39 6 See also



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An electrical insulator is a material whose internal electric charges do not flow freely; very little electric current will flow through it under the influence of an electric field. This contrasts with other materials, semiconductors and conductors, which conduct electric current more easily. The property that distinguishes an insulator is its resistivity; insulators have higher resistivity than semiconductors or conductors.
A perfect insulator does not exist, because even insulators contain small numbers of mobile charges (charge carriers) which can carry current.  In addition, all insulators become electrically conductive when a sufficiently large voltage is applied that the electric field tears electrons away from the atoms.   This is known as the breakdown voltage of an insulator.    Some materials such as glass, paper and Teflon, which have high resistivity, are very good electrical insulators.  A much larger class of materials, even though they may have lower bulk resistivity, are still good enough to prevent significant current from flowing at normally used voltages,  and thus are employed as insulation for electrical wiring and cables.  Examples include rubber-like polymers and most plastics which can be thermoset or thermoplastic in nature.
Insulators are used in electrical equipment to support and separate electrical conductors without allowing current through themselves.  An insulating material used in bulk to wrap electrical cables or other equipment is called insulation. The term insulator is also used more specifically to refer to insulating supports used to attach electric power distribution or transmission lines to utility poles and transmission towers.  They support the weight of the suspended wires without allowing the current to flow through the tower to ground.