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conduction band en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor in which electrons can move freely and transport charge.
    • In a semiconductor material like silicon, something very interesting happens because the current is not only carried by electrons in the conduction band. 2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 160:

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conduction bands Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

valence band · bandgap

Translations (3)

fi johtavuusvyö (range) · ja 伝導帯 (range) · pl pasmo przewodnictwa (range)