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Semiconductors are 90% of the time made of Silicon, enhanced into P-Type or N-Type depending on needed polarities. P = Positive, N = Negative, Boron gas has excess negative electrons and is used in doping to create N-Type Silicon.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoSilicon is the most common component of semiconductors in computers. Silicon is ideal to use because it can be made as an effective insulator to regulate electrical current.
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∙ 9y agoActually, at least two different elements are used to make semiconductors. One is germanium, and the other is silicon. Silicon seems to be used more these days.
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What element is used to make semiconductors?
silicon
What common element is used in semiconductors?
silicon
Which of these is a common element used in semiconductors?
Slicon (A+) -R.E.M.
Which element is used as a semiconductor?
Elements of group 4a are used as semi-conductorse.g. silicon,germanium etc.
Which type of element is used as semiconductors?
Commonly doped silicon is used to make semiconductors, but advancements in organic electronics now mean that semiconductors can be made from molecules made from elements such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur, nitrogen and a few others.
What properties of semiconductors make them useful in electric devices?
They can be used as a base material for computer chips
What can the element indium be used for?
- additive in low pressure sodium lamps- semiconductors- standard in the "International scale of temperature
What is a poem of germanium?
Germanium is a chemical element, not a poem. It is a metalloid commonly used in transistors and semiconductors due to its electrical properties.
What is used in semiconductors?
Silicon based semiconductors are the most commonly used semiconductor material in calculators. Silicon semiconductors are also extensively used in computers.
Why are metalloids semiconductors?
Metalloids when used is electronics are called semiconductors.
Which element is used for manufacture of computer memory chips?
Silicon is used in computer chips.
What important element that is non metal is used to make computer chips?
Silicon is used to make computer chips.
