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{{c1::Dielectric materials::... materials}} are {{c2::insulators}} placed between the plates of a capacitor that {{c3::increase capacitance::do this}} by a factor equal to {{c4::the material’s dielectric constant, κ::this}}.

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So the reason you can't have a conductor is that it would essentally complete the circute, so electrons would flow and the capaciter would just become a hunk of metal – but if you have an insulator, electrons are not allowed to leave their atoms so they just get polarized (actualy creating an electric field in the opposite direction)

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