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The molecular-orbital model for Ge shows it to be:_______.
A) a conductor, because all the lower energy band orbitals are filled and the gap between the lower and higher bands is large.
B) an insulator, because all the lower energy band orbitals are filled and the gap between the lower and higher bands is large.
C) a semiconductor, because the gap between the filled lower and empty higher energy bands is relatively small.
D) a semiconductor, because the gap between the filled lower and empty higher energy bands is large.
E) a conductor, because its lower energy band orbitals are only partially filled.

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Answer:

Option C

Explanation:

Pure  germanium is  a bad conductors of electricity. It is so because its valence band is full and its outer electrons are attached through covalent bond  is a diamond like framework. In metallic sense, it is neither a conductor nor an insulator but a semiconductor. It has a small band gap of 0.7eV.

Hence, option C is correct

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