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Current Electricity: Tolman-Stewart Experiment MCQ

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Tolman-Stewart ExperimentHardQuestion 31698

Question

The Tolman-Stewart experiment confirmed that charge carriers in metals are:
  1. A
    Protons
  2. B
    Ions
  3. C
    Electrons (negative charge carriers)
    Correct
  4. D
    Neutrons

Correct answer

Electrons (negative charge carriers)

Explanation

When a rotating metal rod is suddenly stopped, the inertia of charge carriers causes a brief current. The direction showed carriers are negative — confirming electrons as current carriers in metals.

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