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Poor conductors are known as _________.


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Insulators

  1. Materials that are poor conductors of electricity are called insulators.
  2. Wood, glass, plastics, and non-metal elements made of hydrocarbon polymers are among the examples. As electricity cannot pass through these materials.
  3. They don't conduct electricity because charges can't travel through them and their electrons are trapped in a solid structure.

Hence, poor conductors are known as insulators.


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