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How Electrical Conductors and Insulators Work

How Electrical Conductors and Insulators Work Electrical conductors are materials that conduct electricity; insulators don’t. Why? Whether a substance conducts electricity depends on how easily electrons can move through it. Protons don’t move because, while they would carry electrical charge, they are bound to other protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei. Valence electrons are …

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