Question

In the videos I had seen that the metals are at the verge of losing electrons and it can happen due to losing of an electron by a nearby atom or due to a charge ,,but I m confused if it loses electrons then it will get attracted to the positive nucleus then how can the electrons flow ???
How do the electrons carry energy?
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Answer 1

Dear student,

The moving charged particles in an electric current are called charge carriers. In metals, one or more electrons from each atom are loosely bound to the atom, and can move freely about within the metal. These conduction electrons are the charge carriers in metal conductors.

In a conductive material, the moving charged particles that constitute the electric current are called charge carriers. In metals, which make up the wires and other conductors in most electrical circuits, the positively charged atomic nucleiare held in a fixed position, and the negatively charged electrons are free to move, carrying their charge from one place to another.

Since electrons, the charge carriers in metal wires and most other parts of electric circuits, have a negative charge, as a consequence, they flow in the opposite direction of conventional current flow in an electrical circuit


The electrons, the charge carriers in an electrical circuit, flow in the opposite direction of the conventional electric current.

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