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Fermi level of metal

Do metals have fermi level? As we know conduction band and valence band are overlaped for a metal. Does it make any sense for metals to have fermi level?
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KCL when rate of electron flow is given ; To include electron sign or not

Q) We have to determine the I. Magnitude of electron charge is 1.6 x 10^-19C. I have fundamental confusion in this problem. Should we consider the negative charge of electron while doing the problem. ...
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How is it that two electric currents can travel in opposite directions on the same wire, at the same time, without interfering with each other? [duplicate]

An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise, by John R. Pierce, says the following: While linearity is a truly astonishing property of nature, it is by no means a rare one. All ...
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Why do electrons move as if on conveyor belt in a circuit?

For example sometimes people will ask whether it matters what side of a component you place a resistor on. Surprisingly, it doesn't matter because electrons behave as if they're all connected together ...
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Confused about current flow

I am starting to learn about electronics and I am still confused about current flow. Initially the book would try to be clear about the distinction between conventional and actual flow but then ...
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Does the resistor have to be before or after the component [duplicate]

I am an electronics beginner and I created a small little circuit, just a battery a resistor and a led, then to ground. This is the circuit: simulate this circuit – Schematic created using ...
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Transistor - Why does amplification happen before the transistor and not after?

I know this is a noob question but I just can't find an answer for it on google search results. Well my question is basically this: How come the amplifying occurs before the transistor [red line] and ...
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