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Why in a conductor increase in temperature makes the atoms vibrate but in a semiconductor the kinetic energy of the free electrons is increased?
When temperature is increased in case of a semiconductor the free electron gets more energy to cross the energy gap to the conduction band from the valence band.so now more electrons can go easily to ...
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Differences in conductivity as temp rises for intrinsic vs extrinsic semiconductrs
For a doped semiconductor, near the end of the extrinsic temp region due to heightened effects of lattice scattering conductivity goes down "temporarily" (temperature wise).
What happens to the ...
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Are thermistors and filament bulbs ohmic?
Conductors are ohmic if they have a constant resistance given that the physical conditions, such as temperature, are constant.
A filament bulb and thermistor are considered to be non-ohmic because ...
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How does temperature affect an electrical current
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I have read an interesting article J. Halderman et al. "Lest we remember: cold boot attacks on encryption keys" in computer science regarding cold booting.
The paper discusses how the use ...
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