non-conductor

I was fascinated to say the least as to how a non-conductor could be made conductor by deposting a few micron thin stuff on the laminate ... the palladium bath could be a moody animal.

A Brief History of Batteries- Part 2 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

When the electrical field acts on a non-conductor (also known as dielectric), the not freely movable electrons can be displaced only insignificantly in the direction of the positive charge.

6. Electrical Field 1991

They conduct current so badly that they cannot be termed as conductor but they allow a small current to flow so that they cannot be used as a non-conductor.

2. Fundamental Quantities of Electrical Engineering 1991

There are substances whose electrical conductivity is such that they are between conductor and non-conductor.

2. Fundamental Quantities of Electrical Engineering 1991

It is for this reason that the wires of the telegraph are supported by a non-conductor, for if not, the electric current would pass into the earth by the first post and never reach its final destination.

Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects Earl of Caithness John Sutherland Sinclair

Cotton is cool and heavy, is a non-conductor of heat, crushes easily, but like all vegetable fibers it may be laundered without injury to the fibers.

Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson

Always handle any positively electrical body, whether it is charged with passion, or power, with some non-conductor between you and it, not with your naked hands.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 Various

That is why the hollow swell shutter, from the interior of which the air has been pumped out, is such a wonderful non-conductor of sound.

The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller

Of this, however, I have some doubts, as wood is a non-conductor of heat, and possibly is not susceptible of transmitting such a heat to the malt without danger of ignition.

The American Practical Brewer and Tanner Joseph Coppinger

It is supposed by some that this frictional movement of the parts develops an electrical current, which increases in tension as the act is continued; and that it is the mission of the pubic hair, which is a non-conductor, to confine these currents to the parts in contact.

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