Abstract
The question as to how the electrical properties of a solid — metallic, semiconducting, or insulating — are related to its chemical composition and crystal structure is indeed old. Friederich,(1) as long ago as 1925, reached the following conclusions on the basis of the then available experimental data:
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In compounds the nonsaturated valence of the metal atom gives rise to electronic conduction; corresponding compounds with saturated bonds show very poor electrical conduction.
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Free valences, namely free-valence electrons, normally lead to electrical conduction.
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Compounds with metallic conduction always have “atomic structures”; only compounds without electronic conduction can crystallize in ionic structures.
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Compounds with molecular structures do not have free conduction electrons.
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Mooser, E. (1986). Bonds and Bands in Semiconductors. In: Butcher, P.N., March, N.H., Tosi, M.P. (eds) Crystalline Semiconducting Materials and Devices. Physics of Solids and Liquids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9900-2_1
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