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A material is made from Al, Ga, and As. The mole fraction of each element is 0.2

ID: 986483 • Letter: A

Question

A material is made from Al, Ga, and As. The mole fraction of each element is 0.25, 0.26, and 0.49, respectively. This material would be

A)

a metallic conductor because Al is present

B)

an insulator

C)

a p-type semiconductor

D)

an n-type semiconductor

E)

none of the above


the correct answer is C but i want to know why its not the others specifically why it's not D

A)

a metallic conductor because Al is present

B)

an insulator

C)

a p-type semiconductor

D)

an n-type semiconductor

E)

none of the above

Explanation / Answer

n-type Semi-Conductor

It is an extrinsic semi-conductor which is obtained by doping the impurity atoms of Vth group of the periodic table to the pure Ge and Si semi-conductor.

P-type Semi-Conductor

It is an extrinsic semi-conductor which is obtained by doping the impurity atoms of III group of the periodic table to the pure Ge and Si semi-conductor.

In this case As is in a higher proportion therefore we can assume is dopped by Al, Ga which are elements from the group III, making this a p-type semicoductor

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