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In an semiconductor the separation betwe...

In an semiconductor the separation between conduction band and valence band is of the order of

A

`100 eV`

B

`10 eV`

C

`1 eV`

D

`0 eV`

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C
In semiconductors, forbidden energy gap is of the order of `1 eV`.
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