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प्रश्न
Draw separate energy band diagram for conductors, semiconductors and insulators and
label each of them.
उत्तर
Energy Band Diagrams
Conductors
Here conduction Band and valance Band are partly overlapped
Insulators
Here forbidden gap is large between conduction Band and Valance Band
Semiconductors
Here forbidden gap is less than 1 eV
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