alleryStart learning →Who discovered asymmetric conduction across a crystal and metal contact in 1874?
ARussell Ohl
BWilliam Shockley
CFerdinand Braun
DVadim Lashkaryov
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Ferdinand Braun
German physicist Ferdinand Braun found in 1874 that a crystal-metal contact conducts better one way.
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