Non- metals are bad conductor of electricity. Give example to support this statement.
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Give example to support this statement. Ans: Handles of metallic pan or other cookwares are made of wood or plastics which are non-metal and bad conductor of electricity.
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Non-metals are electron gainers,i.e. they tend to gain electrons in their valence shell electrons….while metals are electron givers or looser for a similar reason.
So metals have contain free electrons in their outermost shell while non-metals don't and these electrons are ones which cause the electric current by their coordinated movement.
Thats why, most non-metals are poor conductors of electricity(i.e. due to a deficiency of free electrons).
Graphite(carbon) is an exception in this case but thats a different topic and more related to chemistry than physics.