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If you pick up and shake a piece of metal that has
Chapter 29, Problem 10(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 10CQ
If you pick up and shake a piece of metal that has electrons in it free to move as a current, no electrons fall out. Yet if you heat the metal, electrons can be boiled off. Explain both of these facts as they relate to the amount and distribution of energy involved with shaking the object as compared with heating it.
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QUESTION:
Problem 10CQ
If you pick up and shake a piece of metal that has electrons in it free to move as a current, no electrons fall out. Yet if you heat the metal, electrons can be boiled off. Explain both of these facts as they relate to the amount and distribution of energy involved with shaking the object as compared with heating it.
ANSWER:
Solution 10CQ
Metals are good conductors.