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The free electrons of a metal are free t...

The free electrons of a metal are free to

A

free electrons are bounded to one or other icon core

B

free electrons lie deep inside atom

C

free electrons are held in metal lattice

D

if an electrons attempt to come out of the metal then the metal surface acquires a positive charge and pulls the elctron back to metal

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