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Can ions behave as charge carriers in metallic conductors?

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No, ions cannot behave as charge carriers in metallic conductors. Ions are present in electrolytes, i.e. salt solutions.
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CENGAGE PHYSICS-STATIC ELECTRICITY-MANDATORY EXERCISE (Exercise Set I)
  1. Salty water contains no free electrons but can conduct electricity. Ho...

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  2. Can free electrons move in and out of the body?

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  3. Can ions behave as charge carriers in metallic conductors?

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  4. What is an electroscope?

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  5. Name two different types of electroscopes.

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  6. What is the drawback of pith ball electroscopes?

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  7. Explain the setup of a gold leaf electroscope with a neat labeled diag...

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  8. What is the difference between charging by conduction and charging by ...

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  9. State the Coulomb's Law. Write down its mathematical form.

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  10. True or false: The columbic force of attraction or repulsion between t...

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  11. What is 1 coulomb?

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  12. What is a point charge? Can point charge actually exist?

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  13. How can we define intensity of electric field?

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  14. What is the convention for direction of an electric field?'

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  15. What are electric field lines?

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  16. How can we find the direction of electric field from electric field li...

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  17. How do electric field lines give us idea about electric field intensit...

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  18. Can electric field lines intersect each other? Why or why not?

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  19. Draw the electric field lines due to two equal and opposite point char...

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  20. Draw the electric field lines due to two equal and same point charges.

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