Asked in ETEA MDCAT 2015 2015Moderate

Semi-conductor materials have:

Correct answer: B. Covalent bond

  • A. Ionic bond
  • B. Covalent bond
  • C. Mutual bond
  • D. Metallic bond

Explanation

A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs. The stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms, when they share electrons, is known as covalent bonding. Semiconductor materials have covalent bonding between atoms (FACT). They are only able to conduct electricity due to delocalized electrons.

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