An ohmmeter is a common device for measuring resistance. Using an ohmmeter, you find that a certain material has a very high resistance. This material is most likely what?

conductor

insulator

semiconductor

superconductor

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Cheyenne Goodwin

Physics

26 July, 15:21

An ohmmeter is a common device for measuring resistance. Using an ohmmeter, you find that a certain material has a very high resistance. This material is most likely what?

conductor

insulator

semiconductor

superconductor

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Dragster · Answer 1

An insulator

Explanation:

Insulators have a very high resistance because the electrons of the insulator are bounded strongly with the nucleus. Hence it requires more voltage to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band.

An ohmmeter is a common device for measuring resistance. Using an ohmmeter, you find that a certain material has a very high resistance. This material is most likely what?conductorinsulatorsemiconductorsuperconductor

An ohmmeter is a common device for measuring resistance. Using an ohmmeter, you find that a certain material has a very high resistance. This material is most likely what?

conductor

insulator

semiconductor

superconductor