Q. Air becomes conducting when the pressure ranges between

A) 76 cm and 10 cm
B) 10 cm and 1 cm
C) 1 cm and $10^{- 3}$ cm
D) $10^{- 4}$cm and $10^{- 7}$cm
Explanation

(c) When pressure in a tube is reduced in the range 1 cm and $10^{- 3}$cm; the mean free path of moving electron in the discharge tube increases. As a result of which the electron gets higher KE while moving towards anode and then cause ionisation of the atoms with which it will collide on its ways causing excitation phenomenon.

Dr. Abubacker
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