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Air is a ______ conductor of electricity


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Conductors -

  1. These are substances that allow electricity to flow through them.
  2. Example: Metals.

Air-

  1. It is a mixture of inert and neutral gases.
  2. We know that charged particles are required to conduct electricity.
  3. Since there are few or no charged particles to conduct electricity in air, it is considered as a bad conductor of electricity.

Therefore air is a bad conductor of electricity.


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