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Which set of elements is in the order of increasing conductivity?


O, Ge, Mn


Mn, O, Ge


Mn, Ge, O


Ge, O, Mn

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Answer:

O, Ge, Mn

Step-by-step explanation:

User Thijs Dalhuijsen
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Answer:

The increasing order of conductivity is O< Ge< Mn.

Step-by-step explanation:

Electrical conductivity is defined as the measure of the ability of a material to conduct electrical current through it. The conductivity depends on the atomic and molecular structure of the material.

Metals are good conductors because they have a structure with many electrons with weak bonds, and this allows their movement instead non-metals have between four and eight valence electrons, which lack this tendency.

The conductivity increases in the periodic table from top to bottom and from right to left.

oxygen is a nonmetal therefore it is a bad conductor.

Germanium is a metalloid whose conductivity is greater than a nonmetal and worst than a metal.

Manganese is a metal,in this case, it is a good conductor.

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