A hard substance melts at high temperature and is an insulator in both solid and in molten state. This solid is most likely to be a / an :

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Ionic solid

Molecular solid

Metallic solid

Covalent solid

answer is D.

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Covalent molecules usually do not contain free electron needed to show electrical and thermal properties.

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