Different Between Conductor, Insulator, Semiconductor

This Universe is made up of matter and matter is made of three forms.

• Conductor.
• Insulator.
• Semiconductor.

This Blog will define the basic differant between them in a simple way.

CONDUCTOR:

Conductor is a type of material, that can easily conduct electric current. In conductor, the vallence band and conduction band are overlap to each other, therefore, a small amount of energy is required by the valence electrons to jump into the conduction band. e.g. copper, silver, Iron etc.

INSULATOR:

An insulator is a type of material that does not conducts electronic current under normal conditions. e.g, Glass, Paper etc.

SEMICONDUCTOR:

A semiconductor material is in the between the conductor and insulator in its ability to conducts electric current. They are niether good good conductors nor good insulators. e.g, Germanium, silicon etc.

By : Waseem Saleem