Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 564

Question: The electric current passing through a metallic wire produces heat because of

[BHU 1994]

Options:

A) Collisions of conduction electrons with each other

B) Collisions of the atoms of the metal with each other

C) The energy released in the ionization of the atoms of the metal

D) Collisions of the conduction electrons with the atoms of the metallic wires

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Colliding electrons lose their kinetic energy as heat.