NEET2007PhysicsNuclear PhysicsActual
Assertion : In a metal all the free electrons have same energy. Reason : Electrons do not obey Pauli's exclusion principle.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false
Step-by-step solution
Assertion is correct in the sense that the free electrons occupy a single energy band. But a band has a distribution of energy. One can treat assertion as correct. But the reason is false because electrons in a metal follow Pauli's exclusion principle. It is because of this, one has different bands.