A piece of copper and another of germanium are cooled from room temperature to $77 \mathrm{~K}$, the…

A piece of copper and another of germanium are cooled from room temperature to $77 \mathrm{~K}$, the resistance of
  1. each of them increases
  2. each of them decreases
  3. copper decreases and germanium increases
  4. copper increases and germanium decreases

Solution

Copper is metallic conductor and germanium is semiconductor therefore as temperature decreases resistance of good conductor decreases while for semiconductor it increases.

Asked in: JEE Main 2004

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