The cause of heat production in a current carrying conductor is

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The cause of heat production in a current carrying conductor is (A) collisions of free electrons with one another (B) high drift speed of free electrons (C) collisions of free electrons with atoms or ions of the conductor (D) high resistance value

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When current flows through a conductor electrons start moving in the opposite direction of current and collide with the metal atoms or ions in the conductor

Q. The cause of heat production in a current carrying conductor is

collisions of free electrons with one another

high drift speed of free electrons

collisions of free electrons with atoms or ions of the conductor

high resistance value

When current flows through a conductor electrons start moving in the opposite direction of current and collide with the metal atoms or ions in the conductor