- Electrical current in conductors is the flow of charge carriers. - In metals, the charge carriers are free electrons. - Free electrons are valence electrons that are not bound to individual atoms and can move throughout the material.
Which one of the following is primarily responsible for conduction of current in a metal ?
Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2024 · Topic: Conductivity (Classical Free Electron Theory (Drude Model): Postulates, limitations, successes)
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