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The energy band picture of a solid is a fully-filled valence band and an empty conduction band, with a forbidden energy gap in between. The solid is

A

a semiconductor only

B

either a semiconductor or an insulator

C

an insulator only

D

neither a semiconductor nor an insulator.

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