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A doped semiconductor has impurity levels 40 MeV (millielectron volt) below the conduction band
In a thermal collision,an amount of energy k T is given ot the extra electron loosely bound to the impurity ion and this electron is just able to jump into the conduction band.Calculate the temperature T.
Given,Boltzmann's constant ,`k=8.62 xx 10^(-5) eV K^(-1)`.

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