Multiple Choice
The classical theory of conduction
A) fails because electrons are not classical particles.
B) does not take into account the scattering of electron waves by a lattice.
C) fails to correctly describe the collision of an electron with a lattice ion.
D) predicts a Maxwell-Boltzmann-like distribution of electron velocities.
E) is described by all of these.
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