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All materials are either conductors or insulators with regard to their electrical properties. Insulators are materials having a low electrical conductivity. An external electric field does not affect the thermodynamic properties of a conductor, since it is well known that the field does not penetrate into it. However, the properties of an insulator change substantially when an electric field is applied, since the field penetrates into the insulator.
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Sychev, V.V. (1973). Insulators. In: Complex Thermodynamic Systems. Studies in Soviet Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1605-3_4
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