How to use in-sentence of “insulator”:
+ One way is to think of semiconductors as a type of insulator with a narrow band gap.
+ Substances with large band gaps are generally insulator insulators, those with smaller band gaps are semiconductors.
+ Beuys claimed that he had been saved by a nomadic tribe of Tartars who, sympathetic to the Germans after persecution by the Soviets, ‘covered my body in fat to help it regenerate warmth, and wrapped it in felt as an insulator to keep warmth in’.
+ The type of insulator will depend on the uses.
+ A semiconductor is a material with a small but nonzero band gap which behaves as an insulator at absolute zero temperature but allows heat to excite electrons enough to jump into its conduction band at temperatures which are below its melting point.
+ This material acts as an electrical insulator and holds everything in place.
