Chemistry GCSE
Mobile charge carriers
What Mobile charge carriers means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The delocalised electrons in a metal, which are free to move through the giant metallic lattice.
Topics that use Mobile charge carriers
- Metals as conductors (AQA GCSE)
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