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GUJCET · Physics · Current Electricity

A piece of copper and another of Germanium are cooled from room temperature to 40 K . The resistance of __________.

  1. A copper decreases and germanium increases.
  2. B each of them decreases.
  3. C each of them increases.
  4. D copper increases and germanium decreases.
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(A) copper decreases and germanium increases.

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(A)
The resistance of conductor is directly proportional to the temperature and that of a semiconductor is inversely proportional to the temperature. So when cooled, the resistance of copper decreases and that of germanium increases.