Is it true that conductors and insulators have the same physical properties?

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is False.
Conductors pass the electric current through them, but insulators do not pass an electric current through them, so we can say they do not have the same physical properties.
Conductor:
An electrical conductor is a material that allows electricity to flow freely through it. Conductivity is the characteristic of conductors that allows them to conduct electricity. Metals are good conductors of electricity.
Insulator:
Insulators are materials that prevent electrons from freely flowing from one particle of an element to another. If we apply some charge to such an element at any point, the charge remains at its original place and does not spread throughout the surface. Some examples of insulators are wood, plastic and rubber.
The corrected statement would be the conductors and insulators have different physical properties.

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