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Semiconductors are a group of substances whose electrical conductivity puts them halfway between the metals and the insulators. They are made out of elements occurring in the middle columns of the periodic table, where the outer electron orbits are about half-full.
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© 1981 S. M. Geddes
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Geddes, S.M. (1981). Semiconductors. In: Advanced Physics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04806-9_29
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