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Electrons and holes in semiconductors
Question

Copper, a mono valent, has molar mass 63.54gm/mole  and density 8.96gm/cm3 , the number density of conduction electrons in copper is  n×1028/m3. Find ‘n’

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Solution

Monovalent means each atom contributes one conduction electron.  No. of conduction electrons =No. of atoms

From mole concept we know that,  No. of moles = MassMolar Mass = No of atomsAvogadro No.

 Density × VolumeMolar Mass = No of atomsAvogadro No.

No of atomsVolume = Avogadro No.×DensityMolar Mass=6.023×1023×8.9663.54 per cm3

= 0.849×1023 per cm3                                =0.849×1029 per m3                                =8.49×1028 per m3 

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