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How is a conductor different from an insulator?
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How is a conductor different from an insulator?

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just to clarify, there are different kinds of conductors, mainly heat and electricity.
A conductor is something that is able to allow heat/elect to flow through it easily whereas insulator, basically means the opposite
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A conductor allows electrons to move freely from particle to particle whereas an insulator does not.
This is mainly metals as metallic bonding creates a sea of delocalised electrons that can flow freely.
Molten ionic substances also conduct electricity as they have free e- that can move.
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