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The conductivity of a semi-conductor can be increased by raising the temperature of the semi-conductor .

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What is doping process?

It is the addition of impurities to a semi-conductor in order improve their electrical conductivity.


What are the advantages of intrinsic semiconductor?

due to the poor conduction at room temperature,the intrinsic semiconductor as such,is not useful in the electronic devices.hence,the current conduction capability of the intrinsic semi conductor should be increased. this can be achieved by adding a small amount of impurity to the intrinsic semi conductor


Which semiconductor have positive temperature coefficient?

With the increase in temperature if the resistance increases or the current in the circuit decreases then it is said to be have positive temperature coefficient .But in semi-conductors with the increase in temperature the electrons present in the valance band are excited and they would enter the conduction band for conduction . As the no. of charge carriers always increase in a semi-conductor , implies that the current always increases with the increase in temperature so the semi-conductor can never have positive temperature coefficient


What are the advantage of semiconductor over conductor?

semiconductors are the conducors they are partially conduct electricity. And we can increase therir conductivity by using various method . They are Intrinsic method and extrinsic method . Intrinsic method is heating the semiconducter . Extrinsic method is doping. By using this method the conductivity of semiconductors is rapidly increases. Then we use semiconductors are prefferd to conductors


What does the skin effect increase in a conductor?

line losses tend to increase

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Is silicon a good conductor at energy?

semi conductor. a good semi conductor. It can also be n or p doped to increase it's conductivity


What is the needed for doping?

To increase the conductivity of semi conductors


What is doping process?

It is the addition of impurities to a semi-conductor in order improve their electrical conductivity.


What is the thermal conductivity of a perfect conductor?

The thermal conductivity of a perfect conductor is 1


Is doping is used to increase the conductivity of intrinsic semi conductor material?

Doping a semiconductor provides additional charge carriers to the material. The dopant atoms are easily ionized, and this provides the semiconductor with either free electrons in the conduction band or electron vacancies (or holes) in the valence band, both of which allow the semiconductor to conduct electricity.


What is a light dependent resister?

As light falls on the conductor then emission of electrons would increase the conductivity and so its resistivity decreases. Such a conductor is known as light dependent resistor.


What are the advantages of intrinsic semiconductor?

due to the poor conduction at room temperature,the intrinsic semiconductor as such,is not useful in the electronic devices.hence,the current conduction capability of the intrinsic semi conductor should be increased. this can be achieved by adding a small amount of impurity to the intrinsic semi conductor


Is sodium a semi conductor?

No, sodium (Na) is a conductor not a semi conductor


Why salt is needed to conduct electricity?

Ultrapure water is a bad conductor; you need a salt, which form ions, to increase the electrical conductivity.


HOW DOES conductance vary with temperature?

yes temperature affects the conductivity of conductor and semi conductors but in case of insulators temp. has no effect. While we talk about conductors as temp. increases conductivity decreases ,the question is why, look if we take an example of copper the conductivity is so high at normal temperature because the molecules in the copper are so close but when we increase temperature the inter molecule distance increases and result is increasing resistance of the copper, and as we know that resistance is inversely proportional to the conductivity. So in the case of conductor, temperature affects the conductivity. Hey may be you are familiarize with the new aspect called superconductivity, the same effect is here while the temperature of a conductor is so low approximately -273degree the conductor becomes superconductor because Resistance become so low (can say approx. 0 but not exact 0). You should know that most metals increase their electrical resistivity by about 0.005 per degree. Good luck Rjames007


Is toothpaste a high conductivity?

Conductor.


Which semiconductor have positive temperature coefficient?

With the increase in temperature if the resistance increases or the current in the circuit decreases then it is said to be have positive temperature coefficient .But in semi-conductors with the increase in temperature the electrons present in the valance band are excited and they would enter the conduction band for conduction . As the no. of charge carriers always increase in a semi-conductor , implies that the current always increases with the increase in temperature so the semi-conductor can never have positive temperature coefficient