Materials Science

Materials Science
ISBN-10
1489968261
ISBN-13
9781489968265
Category
Technology & Engineering
Pages
608
Language
English
Published
2013-12-01
Publisher
Springer
Authors
R.D. Rawlings and J.M. Alexander, J.C. Anderson, K.D. Leaver

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At room temperature the freed electrons in a piece of silicon constitute only about one in 10% of the total number of valence electrons. This is in complete contrast to the situation in a metal, in which all the valence electrons are ...

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