Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Molecules and Solids
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29-1 to 29-3: Molecular Bonds
29-4: Molecular Spectra
29-5: Bonding in Solids
29-7: Band Theory of Solids
29-8: Semiconductors and Doping
29-9: Diodes
29-10: Transistors

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 17
Q

# A semiconductor is struck by light of slowly increasing frequency and begins to conduct when the wavelength of the light is 620 nm. Estimate the energy gap $E_\textrm{g}$.

A
$2.0 \textrm{ eV}$

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