Insulators

An insulator is a substance with very low electrical conductivity, but when measured, the conductivity is found to increase with an increase in temperature. In general, the bands of molecular orbitals are such that there is a huge band gap between both the valence band and the conduction band. An example of this is diamond. A diagram of an insulator can be seen below.

Other destiantions:

  1. Metals
  2. Semi-metals
  3. Semi-conductors
  4. Valence Band
  5. Conduction Band
  6. Introduction


Author:Steve Kornic email

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph

Last Updated: 97/04/11