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A piece of copper and the other of germanium are cooled from the room temperature to 80 K, then which of the following would be a correct statement ?

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RESISTANCE of each INCREASES.
Resistance of each dec.reases.
Resistance of copper increases while that of germanium decreases.
Resistance of copper decreases while that of germanium increases.

Solution :As copper is a GOOD conductor of electricity and germanium is a semiconductor hence on cooling resistance of copper decreases but that of germanium increases.


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