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Why are Monovalent metal so conductive?
The single valence band electron can easily escape and become a conduction band electron.
How does the energy of core electron compare with the energy of valence electron?
valence electrons are bound to atoms and are used to bind atoms into molecules. free electron are free, either they are in the conduction band "electron gas" of a metal or they are in a vacuum (perhaps in a vacuum tube).
What is the difference between Free Electron Theory and Band Theory of solids?
Free Electron Theory:This theory tells that, metals conduct electricity because of the presence of free electrons in it. The outermost shells of metal atoms will be loosely bound with their nucleus. So the electrons in it are free to move anywhere in the solid.These electrons are called free electrons and they are responsible for the conduction of electricity.Band theory of solids:A solid is assumed to contain many bands in which the electrons in it are packed. The most important are valence band and conduction band. The energy of electrons in these bands will be different.The difference in energies of valence band and conduction band determines whether the solid is a conductor, semi - conductor or insulator.For insulators, the difference between energies of them ( energy gap ) will be very high, and for conductor, these bands overlap each other.The conduction band carries the electrons that conduct electricity, but the valence band has all the electrons in the ground state. Whether they go into the conduction band depends on the temperature and the energy gap between the bands. In a conductor, these bands overlap, and hence many electrons can become conducting. Thus, Band Theory explains distinction between metals and insulators, which Free Electron theory cannot do (since it assumes all valence electrons become conducting). Calculations are be performed to see which materials will have big energy gaps and which will have overlapping bands.
What is energy gap?
there will be only certain energy levels in which electrons get filled up. In valence orbitals there will be many such energy levels and the energy gap between conduction band and valence band is called energy band gap.
Why is phosperous calle donar impurity?
because it adds extra electrons to semiconductor crystal lattice. these electrons having no place in valence band move up to conduction band, where they are free to move.
Are free electron in valence band or conduction band?
In semiconductors free electrons are in conduction bands.
What is valence band?
It is the band of energy of an electron in outer most orbit
Why is a rubber band an insulator?
The electron configuration of rubber (natural of artificial is such that there is a big gap between valance band and conduction band of electrons. Electrons has to make a transition from valence band to conduction band in order to conduct electricity.
Why is rubber a good electrical insulator?
The electron configuration of rubber (natural of artificial is such that there is a big gap between valance band and conduction band of electrons. Electrons has to make a transition from valence band to conduction band in order to conduct electricity.
How difficult is it for electrons to flow through a material?
Electrons 'jump' from one atom to another. The electron configuration of the atoms determine how easy it is for an electron to move from one atom to another, which is a factor in determining conductivity of the substance.Actually in atoms in the solid state, electrons occupy one of 2 quantum energy bands: the valence band or the conduction band. Valence band electrons are tightly bound to the atom, but conduction band electrons are not bound to the atom and can roam freely through the material.insulators have very few if any conduction band electrons and thus cannot conductconductors have so many conduction band electrons that they form what is called an electron gas that fills all of the material and can flow freely, there is no"'jumping' from one atom to another" at all
Possibility of holes in conduction band?
hoes are vacancies left by the electron in the valence band. hence there cannot be holes in the conduction band
Why are Monovalent metal so conductive?
The single valence band electron can easily escape and become a conduction band electron.
Why conduction band and valence band partially filled?
No. Conduction band is basically the unfilled energy levels into which electrons can be excited to provide conductivity.
How does the energy of core electron compare with the energy of valence electron?
valence electrons are bound to atoms and are used to bind atoms into molecules. free electron are free, either they are in the conduction band "electron gas" of a metal or they are in a vacuum (perhaps in a vacuum tube).
Metallic bonds are formed from the sharing of valence electrons.?
false
How many valence electrons does insulator have?
It is not the number of valence electrons that an insulator has that is important. It is the way the valence electrons are "arranged" in the structure of the material that matters. If not all the valence electrons of a substance are "involved" in the structure of the material, then these electrons are said to be free electrons. They move about in the substance, and are free to contribute to electron flow. The metals are examples. In contrast with this, if all the electrons are bound up in a material, they are not free to support current flow, and the material is said to be an insulator. Said another way, if the valence electrons in a material are in a Fermi energy level that overlaps the conduction band for that material, the material is a conductor. In an insulator, the valence electrons are all in Fermi energy levels that are below the conduction band for that material, and it is an insulator. Applying a voltage to an insulator will not "lift" the valence electrons up into the conduction band to allow them to support current flow.
What is the working principle of semiconductor laser?
The principle of semiconductor laser is very different from CO2 and Nd:YAG lasers. It is based on "Recombination Radiation" The semiconductor materials have valence band V and conduction band C, the energy level of conduction band is Eg (Eg>0) higher than that of valence band. To make things simple, we start our analysis supposing the temperature to be 0 K. It can be proved that the conclusions we draw under 0 K applies to normal temperatures. Under this assumption for nondegenerate semiconductor, initially the conduction band is completely empty and the valence band is completely filled. Now we excite some electrons from valence band to conduction band, after about 1 ps, electrons in the conduction band drop to the lowest unoccupied levels of this band, we name the upper boundary of the electron energy levels in the conduction band the quasi-Fermi level Efc. Meanwhile holes appear in the valence band and electrons near the top of the valence band drop to the lowest energy levels of the unoccupied valence energy levels, leave on the top of the valence band an empty part. We call the new upper boundary energy level of the valence band quasi-Fermi level Efv. When electrons in the conduction band run into the valence band, they will combine with the holes, in the same time they emit photons. This is the recombination radiation. Our task is to make this recombination radiation to lase
