Assertion (A): When a wire of aluminium and another wire of silicon are heated from room temperature to 80°C. the conductivity of aluminium increases and that of silicon decreases. Reason (R): Aluminium has positive temperature coefficient of resistivity and silicon has negative temperature coefficient of resistivity.

Question

Assertion (A): When a wire of aluminium and another wire of silicon are heated from room temperature to 80°C. the conductivity of aluminium increases and that of silicon decreases. Reason (R): Aluminium has positive temperature coefficient of resistivity and silicon has negative temperature coefficient of resistivity. (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the collect explanation of (A) (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) (C) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct (D) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

In nature, metals have positive temperature coefficient and semiconductors have negative temperature coefficient.
Aluminium is a metal, so its conductivity decreases with increase in temperature, due to the excessive collision of electron. Whereas, Si is a semiconductor therefore its conductivity increases with increase in temperature.
All metals have positive temperature coefficient of resistivity and semiconductor has negative temperature coefficient of resistivity. Hence, assertion (A) is incorrect but reason (R) is correct.