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Solid State Physics — Quiz Answers

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Which diagram best represents the relationship between these terms?

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Image with description A diagram of 6 boxes in a line. From top to bottom the boxes are labeled Solid-State Physics; Has Applications; Uses Quantum Mechanics; Crystallography; Materials Science; Metallurgy.
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Image with description A diagram of 6 boxes in a line. From top to bottom the boxes are labeled Solid-State Physics; Uses Quantum Mechanics; Has Applications; Crystallography; Materials Science; Metallurgy.
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Image with description A diagram of 6 boxes in a line. From top to bottom the boxes are labeled Materials Science; Uses Quantum Mechanics; Has Applications; Crystallography; Solid-State Physics; Metallurgy.
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Image with description A diagram of 6 boxes in a line. From top to bottom the boxes are labeled Quantum Mechanics; Uses Solid-State Physics; Has Applications; Crystallography; Materials Science; Metallurgy.
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A scientist claims to be a solid-state physicist. She is working on electromagnetics and trying to see if she can create an electromagnetic field by causing different solutions to flow through a tube. Is this scientist a solid-state physicist?

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no, because she is not working on the atomic structures of a solid
B
yes, because she is causing solutions to flow through a tube
C
no, because she is working in electromagnetics, which is not a solid-state field
D
yes, because she is working in electromagnetics, which is a solid-state field
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It has been known for many years that ceramics can conduct electricity. In 2008, scientists found a ceramic material that can conduct electricity with no resistance at 133 K. What is the most important significance of this 2008 finding?

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Ceramic materials have been known to be able to conduct electricity prior to year 2008.
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This is a lower temperature than Onnes’s experiment, and it will allow for a broader use of superconductors.
C
Materials that can conduct electricity with no resistance are new and can allow for new materials to be made.
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This is a higher temperature than Onnes’s experiment, and it will allow for a broader use of superconductors.
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Two physics students are arguing about superconductors and their discovery. Jeffe says that he can use a thermometer and a plug that generates electric current to mimic the experiment and make a superconductor since the thermometer contains mercury. Sigorne says that he is wrong. Who should win the argument?

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Jeffe, because he has all of the materials to make a superconductor
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Jeffe, because superconductors are simple to make as long as there is a metal and a current
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Sigorne, because Jeffe would have to cool the mercury as well
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Sigorne, because Jeffe can’t use mercury to create a superconductor
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Which statement best defines the term "superconductivity”?

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the ability of solid metals to conduct electricity with low resistance in the presence of a magnetic field
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the ability of certain substances at very low temperatures to conduct electricity with low resistance
C
the ability of solid metals to conduct electricity in the presence of a magnetic field
D
the ability of certain substances at very low temperatures to conduct electricity with no resistance
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Which scientist was working with mercury and discovered superconductors?

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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
B
Leon Cooper
C
Rosalind Franklin
D
Albert Einstein

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