MATERIALS:
All the
physical things are known as material.
There are three type of material regarding heat and current
transfer.
1.
Insulator
2.
Conductor
3.
Semi-conductor
INSULATOR:
The material which
does not allow follows the heat or current through it is called insulator. Such
as wood, plastic and rubber etc.
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band gap |
A band gap is
the distance between the valence band of electrons and the
conduction band. Essentially, the band gap represents
the minimum energy that is required to excite an electron up
to a state in the conduction band where it can participate in
conduction.. In insulator material there is great band gap between
conduction band and valance band
CONDUCTOR:
The material which
allow to follows electricity or current through it is called conductor. Such as
wire, water etc.
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band gap |
In conductor material
there is nearly no band gap.
SEMI-CONDUCTOR:
Semiconductor is
those material which neither a good insulator nor a good conductor in formal
condition it acts as insulator bur if we change its properties it become
conductor. Such as silicon and germanium.
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band gap |
In semi-conductor material the band gap is higher than
conductor and less than insulator due to this property it have dual
characteristic of conductor and insulator.
SILICON:
Silicon is the best
semi-conductor at all it have 14 atomic number and 28 mass number which as
shown in figure as.
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silicon |
GERMANIUM:
Germanium is also a
semi-conductor and having of 32 atomic numbers and 64 mass number as shown in
figure given below. It is thermally unstable.
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germanium |
According Bohr atomic
theory there are three type of element found in atom
1.
Proton
2.
Electron
3.
Neutron
In this sequence
proton have positive charge, electron have negative and neutron is neutral have
and have no charge on it.
Points to note:
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Insulator have tightly
bounded electron so it difficult to move electron from valence shell.
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In conductor the valance
electron are loosely bounded.
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In semi-conductor the
electron are tightly bounded as conductor bur loosely bounded as insulator.
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Energy levels increase by
increasing distance between atom to
nuclease to the shell.so electron
farthest from atom have high energy
levels, while the nearest to atom have less energy levels.