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Statement-1: High thermal conductivity o...

Statement-`1`: High thermal conductivity of metals is due to presence of free electrons.
Statement-`2`: Electrons at same temperature have very high average velocity than atoms.

A

Molecular collisions

B

Electronic collisions

C

Atomic collisions

D

All of these

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