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Q. A pure semiconductor behaves slightly as a conductor at

BHUBHU 2008Semiconductor Electronics: Materials Devices and Simple Circuits

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At room temperature, a few electrons in valence band acquire energy greater than the forbidden energy gap and move to conduction band. Hence, at room temperature a pure semiconductor behaves slightly as a conductor.