Insulators

Electricity, indeed, is an abstract topic; to read about, understand, and especially blog about. Physics has definitely gotten more challenging, "kicked up a notch," and the added time pressure on tests isn't too helpful, either. But I can't help but feel exicted, too. One more semester from junior year, and i'm done forever. wheeeeee!

Recall from last week that an insulator resists the flow of energy, most commonly either heat or electrical. However, the American Heritage Dictionary also defines an 'insulator' as more generally, something that segregates from and/or prevents from happening. Am I allowed to say that this blog is 'insulating' me from doing my APUSH research proposal? Someone tell me!

In general, insulators and conductors are dichotomous--any object is either one or the other. Just like conductors, an average household is filled with insulators! Here's some that I believe every household should have:

wood (paper is made from wood, sort of)


glass


rubber (so then, what happens when you flip an electric switch with wet, rubber gloves on? someone try and let me know the results)*


now, onto the six pages of my research proposal, which is going to be twice as long as the actual paper itself. see you next week, yo!

* (asterisk denotes that author reserves the right to clarify and will not be subject to any incidents of pain and suffering and/or will not be liable for any accidents that may occur)