I can conduct electricity and heat, yet I can also be insulative. What am I?
Category: Science · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about components in electronics.
Answer
A semiconductor material
Explanation
A semiconductor material has properties allowing it to conduct or insulate electricity based on conditions.
This is a expert science riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A semiconductor material.
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