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What will be the conductance of pure silicon crystal at 300 K temperature? If electron-hole pairs per cm3 is 1.072 × 1010 at this temperature, μn=1350 cm2 volt sec-1 and μp= 480 cm2 volt sec-1

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The intrinsic carrier density in germanium crystal at 300 K is 2.5 × 1013 per cm3. If the electron density in an N-type germanium crystal at 300 K be 0.5 × 1017 per cm3, the hole density (per cm3) in this N-type crystal at 300 K would be expected around-
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The length of a germanium rod is 0.58 cm and its area of cross-section is 1 mm2. If for germanium ni=2.5×1019 m3, μh=0.19 m2 V s-1, μe=0.39 m2 V s-1, then the resistance of the rod will be -
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