ʻO nā ʻāpana seramika i ka lumi wela he insulator, ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe resistivity no laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā lako insulating, me ka helu hoʻoheheʻe kiʻekiʻe, nā hiʻohiʻona paila kiʻekiʻe, e hana i nā mea metala ma ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe maʻalahi oxidation, maʻalahi corrosion o ka nāwaliwali.A no ka mea, ʻaʻohe magnetic o ka huahana, ʻaʻole ia e komo i ka lepo, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻili.