Question

For a gas acting as one of these materials, the secondary emission coefficient, pressure, and gap distance are put into Paschen’s law to calculate breakdown voltage. Bismuth antimonides exemplify a type of these materials with symmetry-protected surface states, their topological (10[1])variety. A sphere made of one of these materials has excess charges pinned to their initial position in (-5[1])Gauss’s law problems. These materials have a large band gap. A polarizable one of these materials can increase the capacitance (-5[1])of a parallel-plate capacitor by acting as a dielectric. (-5[2])These materials have high resistivity and include rubber and plastic. (10[1])For 10 points, name these materials which do not conduct electricity. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: insulators [accept dielectrics before mentioned]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ASwarthmore A3910
Vincent Zhang (DII)PennPrinceton57-5
Nat KuNYU BNYU C77-5
Isabel Hunt (DII)Swarthmore BFordham86-5
Waldo Dang (DII)LehighUniversity of Delaware B86-5
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU AUniversity of Delaware A9610
Catherine Fiore (DII)University of Delaware BLehigh1080
Lucas Shedlock (DII)PrincetonPenn10810
Mary Scheidel (UG)FordhamSwarthmore B10810
Eli Mendoza (DII)NYU CNYU B10810

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y683%0%67%91.80