Carriers in Ag. Are these excited conduction electrons?

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Homework Statement

I am attempting to solve a question which asks the carriers in Ag.

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The Attempt at a Solution

Is the use of the word 'Carriers' simply another way of saying excited conduction electrons?

Thank you.

 

[ehild]

Carriers mean charged particles, free to move in electric field. Ag is metal. What are the free carriers in a metal?

What do you know about the band structure of metals? What is conduction band?