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What is the relationship between resistivity and conductivity of a material?
Conductivity is inversely proportional to resistivity
What is the main factor that determines the conductivity of an electrolyte?
Temperature
What is the term for the flow of electrically charged particles in response to an applied electric field?
Electrical conduction
Which of the following materials has zero resistance at a certain temperature?
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What is the effect of deformation on the conductivity of metals?
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What is the term for the voltage divided by the current in a material?
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What is the approximate conductivity of silver at room temperature in Siemens per meter?
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What type of semiconductor is formed when a phosphorus atom is added to silicon?
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What happens to the conductivity of a doped semiconductor at very low temperatures (T < 100 K)?
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What is the effect of doping on the conductivity of silicon?
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What type of impurity is zinc when added to the compound semiconductor GaAs?
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At what temperature range is the conductivity of a doped semiconductor considered 'extrinsic'?
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What is the primary function of a p-n rectifying junction diode?
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What happens when a p-n junction is forward biased?
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What is the primary mechanism of charge carrier movement in thick solar cells?
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What type of semiconductor material is used for the p-type region in a p-n junction?
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What is the result of light exciting electrons in a solar panel?
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What is an example of an application of p-n junctions?
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