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- noun A very efficient
insulator - noun physics Any material that exhibits
superinsulation
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In addition, because the regolith is a superinsulator, other heating methods like solar, laser or electric heating only heats the surface.
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Superinsulation is the opposite of superconductivity; instead of a material that has no resistivity, a superinsulator has a near-infinite resistance.
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In addition the localised states above the gap are too few to conduct by nearest neigbour hopping: = superinsulator report abuse
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