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Insulator may refer to:

  • Insulator (electricity), a substance that resists electricity
    • Pin insulator, a device that isolates a wire from a physical support such as a pin on a utility pole
    • Strain insulator, a device that is designed to work in mechanical tension to withstand the pull of a suspended electrical wire or cable
    • Mott insulator, a type of electrical insulator
    • Topological insulator, a material that behaves as an insulator in its interior while permitting the movement of charges on its boundary
  • Insulator (genetics), an element in the genetic code
  • Thermal insulation, a material used to resist the flow of heat
  • Building insulation, the material used in building construction to prevent heat loss

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Insulator

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up insulator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Insulator may refer to: Insulator (electricity), a substance that resists electricity Pin insulator, a...

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Topological insulator

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A topological insulator is a material whose interior behaves as an electrical insulator while its surface behaves as an electrical conductor, meaning...

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Silicon on insulator

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manufacturing, silicon on insulator (SOI) technology is fabrication of silicon semiconductor devices in a layered silicon–insulator–silicon substrate, to...

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Pin insulator

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A pin insulator is a device that isolates a wire from a physical support such as a pin (a wooden or metal dowel of about 3 cm diameter with screw threads)...

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Mott insulator

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insulators are a class of materials that are expected to conduct electricity according to conventional band theories, but turn out to be insulators (particularly...

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Strain insulator

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A strain insulator is an electrical insulator that is designed to work in mechanical tension (strain), to withstand the pull of a suspended electrical...

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Kondo insulator

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In solid-state physics, Kondo insulators (also referred as Kondo semiconductors and heavy fermion semiconductors) are understood as materials with strongly...

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Thermal insulation

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place severe mechanical stresses on spacecraft, so the strength of an insulator is critically important (as seen by the failure of insulating tiles on...

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MOSFET

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be used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. The term metal–insulator–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MISFET) is almost synonymous with...

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Mica

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good electrical insulator at the same time as being a good thermal conductor. The leading use of block mica is as an electrical insulator in electronic...

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Breakdown voltage

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The breakdown voltage of an insulator is the minimum voltage that causes a portion of an insulator to experience electrical breakdown and become electrically...

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Superconducting tunnel junction

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superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) — also known as a superconductor–insulator–superconductor tunnel junction (SIS) — is an electronic device consisting...

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Lithium niobate

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process or MOCVD process. The technology is known as lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI). Nanoparticles of lithium niobate and niobium pentoxide can be...

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Semiconductor

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conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity generally falls as its temperature rises;...

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Victor Insulator Company

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Victor Insulators, Inc. based in Victor, New York (founded 1893 by Fred M. Locke) is the oldest insulator company in North America. They originally made...

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Insulator Museum

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The Insulator Museum of the firm NGK Insulators, located in Nagoya, Japan, is the only museum of porcelain insulators in the world. The museum contains...

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Backstay

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a result. Both effects are desirable as the wind increases. Backstay insulators, when used as a pair, are devices which allow for the electrical isolation...

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Corona ring

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discharge. Corona rings are used on very high voltage power transmission insulators and switchgear, and on scientific research apparatus that generates high...

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List of states of matter

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unconventional properties. Insulator Band insulator: A material that is insulating due to a band gap in its electronic spectrum Mott insulator: A material that...

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NGK Insulators

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NGK Insulators, Ltd. (日本碍子株式会社, Nihon gaishi kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese ceramics company. It primarily produces insulators but also produces other...

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Magnetic topological insulator

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Magnetic topological insulators are three dimensional magnetic materials with a non-trivial topological index protected by a symmetry other than time-reversal...

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Electrical breakdown

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called an electrical insulator or dielectric. All matter is composed of charged particles, but the common property of insulators is that the negative...

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Fractional Chern insulator

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Fractional Chern insulators (FCIs) are lattice generalizations of the fractional quantum Hall effect that have been studied theoretically since early 2010...

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Overhead power line

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longer insulators must be used. Longer insulators with longer creepage distance for leakage current, are required in these cases. Strain insulators must...

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