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Question
What is meant by doping of an intrinsic semiconductor?
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Solution
The mixing of a small amount of pentavalent (e.g. phosphorus) or trivalent (e.g. aluminium) substance as an impurity in a pure semiconductor (e.g., Ge, Si) is called doping.
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