*The electricity glossary pages get terms added as articles on exploring electricity are written.
letter C terms
CONDUCTOR -of Electricity:
Lets just say that in the invisible electrical world of all matter, all the physical material world, the stuff, is either a conductor or an insulator from the electron point of view. The kind of stuff, such as copper or gold and other metals, that contain a lot of free electrons, -free because they can move around and travel from one atom to another, this material stuff conducts electricity and because of this is called electrical conductors.
Pretty much like a train conductor gets everyone on the train and then takes them somewhere. Electrical Conductors move electricity, which is the free to move electrons, the tiny particles inside an atom.
The stuff that doesn't allow electrons to move around is the electrical insulators, such as plastic or glass. That is the short version of conductors and insulators.
This is where Alessandro Volta came in. About the year 1800 the ability to make the negative charged electrons move happened. Copper wire was the conductor of choice and was used as the first Freeway, but for free electrons not cars. Same idea though. Imagine a rush hour freeway with cars bumper to bumper moving along. Well this is the image to keep in mind for those electrons getting bumped along that copper wire. And just like cars don't move by themselves a spark has to ignite the engine, so it is with the electric current. excerpt from Electricity Is Simply Shocking
