Which of the following statements regarding electric insulators is correct?
A.

Electric insulators are good heat conductors.

B.

Electric insulators have high tensile strength.

C.

Charges within electric insulators do not readily move.

D.

Electric charges move freely in electric insulators.

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C.

In electric insulators (dielectrics) charges are tightly bound to atoms or molecules and do not move freely, so they do not conduct electric current readily.