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CBSE Class 12 Physics 2019 Outside Delhi Set 1 Paper
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Show, on a plot, variation of resistivity of (i) a conductor, and (ii) a typical semiconductor as a function of temperature. Using the expression for the resistivity in terms of number density and relaxation time between the collisions, explain how resistivity in the case of a conductor increases while it decreases in a semiconductor, with the rise of temperature.
Solution:
● Showing the plot of variation of resistivity ● Expression for resistivity ● Explaining variation of resistivity for conductor and semiconductor
● ● In case of conductors with increase in temperature, relaxation time decreases, so resistivity increases. ● In case of semiconductors with increase in temperature, number density of free electrons increases, hence resistivity decreases.

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