(a) Which among iron and mercury is a better conductor?

Question.

(a) Which among iron and mercury is a better conductor?

Given,

$\rho_{\text {iron }}=10.0 \times 10^{-8} \Omega \mathrm{m}$

and

$\rho_{\text {mercury }}=94.0 \times 10^{-8} \Omega \mathrm{m}$

(b) Which material is the best conductor ?

solution:

(a) Iron is a better conductor than mercury as resistivity $(\rho)$ for iron is less than that for mercury.

(b) Silver is the best conductor because its resistivity $(\rho)$ is least.

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