Can there be an electric field inside an insulator?

[lawsonfurther]

Just as the title asks, I wonder if there can be any electric field inside an insulator when a point change is placed near it. If so, why?

 

[Vanadium 50]

Why wouldn't there be?

 

[Dale]

If so, why?

That is what defines an insulator. It is a material whose charges are tightly bound, so they don’t drift away even under high E fields.

 

[Ericpoke]

Just as the title asks, I wonder if there can be any electric field inside an insulator when a point change is placed near it. If so, why?

Electricity is everywhere. The only question is if the amount is large enough to do any thing or not. Example: A spark can't do much but if you have an area that is charged, then you got something. Bottom line, electricity in some form or another exists everywhere.

 

[Vanadium 50]

It is a material whose charges are tightly bound, so they don’t drift away even under high E fields.

And since electric fields are zero in a conductor, if they were zero in insulators, there wouldn't be much point in talking about them.