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What is the phenomenon where some polar crystals produce a small electric current when heated?

  • Piezoelectricity
  • Ferroelectricity
  • Antiferroelectricity
  • Pyroelectricity (correct)

Which of the following materials is an example of ferroelectric crystals?

  • KH2PO4 (correct)
  • TiO2
  • V2O5
  • NaCl

What is the name of the electricity produced by piezoelectric crystals when subjected to pressure?

  • Piezoelectricity (correct)
  • Antiferroelectricity
  • Ferroelectricity
  • Pyroelectricity

What is the property of crystals that act as mechanical-electric transducers?

<p>Piezoelectric (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following materials is an example of antiferroelectric crystals?

<p>PbZrO3 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the application of ferroelectric crystals in electronic devices?

<p>Production of small sized capacitors of high capacitance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of the electrical conductivity of semiconductors?

<p>It increases with increase in temperature (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of doping silicon with P (or As, group 5th elements)?

<p>n-type semiconductor (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the range of electrical conductivity of transition metal compounds like NiO, FeO, FeS?

<p>10^(-4) - 10^(-6) ohm^(-1) cm^(-1) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of doping silicon with Ga (or In/Al, group 3rd elements)?

<p>p-type semiconductor (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of the electrical conductivity of insulators?

<p>It does not allow current to pass through (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of increasing the electrical conductivity of semiconductors by adding impurities?

<p>Doping (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of permanent magnetism?

<p>Magnetism is produced even in the absence of a magnetic field (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following substances exhibits ferrimagnetism?

<p>Fe3O4 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of applying an electric field to a dielectric substance?

<p>Polarization takes place due to the alignment of dipoles (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of antiferromagnetism?

<p>Dipoles are aligned in opposite directions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following crystals exhibit piezoelectricity?

<p>Certain crystals with net dipole moment (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the cause of polarization in dielectric substances?

<p>Nuclei are attracted to one side and the electron cloud to the other side (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the reason for anions not occupying an interstitial site in a crystal?

<p>Anions are larger in size compared to host atoms. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of defect arises when a foreign atom occupies a lattice site in place of a host atom?

<p>Substitutional defect (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of metal deficiency defects in a crystal?

<p>Decrease in electrical conductivity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of the movement of an electron from an A+ ion in a crystal?

<p>Creation of a positive hole (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of semiconductor is formed when an electron is removed from an atom, resulting in a positive hole?

<p>p-type semiconductor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the condition required for the formation of substitutional solid solutions?

<p>The impurity should have a similar electronic structure to the host atom (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason for the maintenance of electrical neutrality in metal excess defects due to interstitial cations?

<p>Presence of an electron in the interstitial site (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following compounds is likely to exhibit Frenkel defects due to the size difference between cations and anions?

<p>AgCl (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of non-stoichiometric defects in crystals like ZnO?

<p>Presence of trapped electrons in the neighborhood (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following defects is not found in pure alkali metal halides?

<p>Frenkel defect (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of simultaneous occurrence of Schottky and Frenkel defects in a crystal?

<p>Increase in electrical conductivity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following defects is responsible for the yellow color of non-stoichiometric ZnO?

<p>Metal excess defect (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the temperature at which a material enters the superconducting state?

<p>Transition temperature (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of materials that exhibit superconductivity?

<p>They offer no resistance to the flow of current (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following materials is an example of a superconducting material?

<p>Nb 3 Ge alloy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the phenomenon observed in lead (Pb) at 7.2 K?

<p>Superconductivity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the behavior of diamagnetic substances when placed in a magnetic field?

<p>They are feeblely repelled (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following materials is an example of a paramagnetic substance?

<p>Oxygen (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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