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Why does conductivity of a semiconductor increase with rise in temperature?

A

number density of free current carriers increases.

B

relaxation time increases.

C

both number density of carriers and relaxation time increase.

D

number density of current carriers increases, relaxation time decreases but effect of decrease in relaxation time is much less than increase in number density.

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