In golf, clubs are used to smash the golf ball from place to place. In this photo, I have a club in my hands, which can show to be both a conductor and an insulator. It is tough to see the insulator part of the club in this picture. If you can find the part of the club where my hands are holding, behind my head, it is called the grip. The grip is made of rubber which is an insulator as it does not allow electrons to move throughout the club. The conductor is the metal part of the club, which includes the club head, which is the round shaped part of the club, as well as the shaft which connects the grip to the club head. These are conductors as they are both made of metal, which allows electrons to move throughout the club allowing it to heat up. It is cool to think that one object, such as a golf club, has both an insulator and a conductor.
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David Fink Physics Journal #1
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