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Ge and Si have a valence shell with 4 electronics making them the starting point for semi-conductors. When mixed with atoms that have 3 or 5 electrons in the valence shell (AKA tri-valent and penta-valent) the blending or doping creates P-type and N-type materials - the building blocks for semi-conductors
Metalloids are known as semi-conductors meaning they can conduct electricity, but they are not good conductors. Metals are good conductors. Non-metals are bad conductors.
Metalloid elements are called so because they share properties of both metals and nonmetals. Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic, Antimony, Tellurium, and Polonium make up most of the metalloids.
The metalloids, silicon germanium etc.
*Metalloids semi-shiny semi-conductors malleable somewhat ductile basically the in between the extremes of gas and metals
doping of semiconductors
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They are usually called semi-conductors.
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depends on what material you are using for a semi-conductor
Semi-circles
Ge and Si have a valence shell with 4 electronics making them the starting point for semi-conductors. When mixed with atoms that have 3 or 5 electrons in the valence shell (AKA tri-valent and penta-valent) the blending or doping creates P-type and N-type materials - the building blocks for semi-conductors
Conductors transport electrical energy easily. You can transfer the energy at the electrical pole to you light bulb without much loss from friction through a conductor like copper. Some semi-conductors are very interesting because they can be made to vary the flow of electricity through them. A small electrical signal can control the resistance of electricity through the semi-conductor. Thus a small signal can be made into a large signal, this is called amplification.
silicon
They are both semi conductors
semi conductor
To increase the conductivity of semi conductors