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Which of the following materials can be best used to make a lightning conductor?


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Copper

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Wood

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Plastic

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Brick

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Solution

The correct option is A

Copper


Lightning conductors are to be made with highly conducting elements and copper is a very good conductor of charges. Wood, plastic and brick are not good conductors of electricity and hence are bad choices to make a lightning conductor.


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