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Advanced Topics}Solid State Physics

From Ibach and Luch, one finds that the resistivity of a semiconductor varies as 1/T.

(Also, from elementary electrodynamics, one recalls the resistivity equation \rho(T_2) = \rho(T_1)(1+\alpha \Delta T). Semiconductors have a negative coefficient of resistivity \alpha, and thus the resistivity should decrease with increasing T. The only graph that shows this behavior of decreasing resistivity with T is (B).)

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Aleph0
2007-11-02 12:19:50
Fortunately, the choices provided by ETS make this one relatively easy. At very low temperatures, semiconductors don't conduct (not enough thermal energy to excite electrons to the conductance band). Thus, at very low temperatures, the resistivity is very high - that means (B).Alternate Solution - Unverified
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Aleph0
2007-11-02 12:19:50
Fortunately, the choices provided by ETS make this one relatively easy. At very low temperatures, semiconductors don't conduct (not enough thermal energy to excite electrons to the conductance band). Thus, at very low temperatures, the resistivity is very high - that means (B).Alternate Solution - Unverified
herrphysik
2006-09-27 02:07:07
The basic explanation for this given by Giancolli is that at higher temps, some of the electrons that are not normally free in a semiconductor become free and can contribute to the current.NEC

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