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1) The electrons are tightly bound on the last orbit in these materials.
A. Inductors
B. semiconductors
C. Insulators
D. Conductors
2) What does an electrical insulator do?
A. it lets eletricity flow through it in one direction.
B. It lets electricity flow through it when light shines on it
C. It lets electricity flow through it
D. It does not let eletricity flow through it
Select an appropriate statement that describes the de Broglie hypothesis.
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a. Just as light, electrons also have wave-like properties.
b. Electrons are negatively charged particles that orbit a nucleus.
c. Electrons are subatomic particles.
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