Electrical Insulators
Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 10.2.2
Electrical Insulators
Electricity can flow easily through some materials and less well through others.
Electrical insulators
- Electrical insulators are materials do NOT allow electricity to flow through them.
Non-metals
- Some non-metals are good electrical insulators. For example:
- Plastics.
- Rubber.
- Wood.
Electrical insulators at home
- There are electrical insulators in your home.
- The wires in your home are covered in plastic.
- Plastic is an electrical insulator that prevents us from getting electric shocks.
Test yourself on Electrical Insulators
What do you call materials that do NOT allow electricity to flow through them?