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Section 10.5 CARBON & SILICON:NETWORK ATOMIC SOLIDS
• NETWORK SOLIDS:
SOLIDS CONTAINING STRONG DIRECTIONAL COVALENT BONDS TO FORM A SOLID THAT MIGHT BE BEST VIEWED AS A “GIANT MOLECULE”
EXAMPLE:
DIAMOND AND GRAPHITE
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Figure 10.22
The Structures of Diamond and Graphite
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DIAMOND
• HARDEST NATURALLY OCCURING SUBSTANCE
• ELECTRICAL INSULATOR
• C ATOM COVALENTLY BONDED BY OVERLAP OF sp3 HYBRID ORBITALS
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Figure 10.22
The Structures of Diamond and Graphite
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GRAPHITE• SLIPPERY
• BLACK
• ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR
• LAYERS OF C ATOMS STRONGLY BONDED TO 3 OTHERS THROUGH sp2 HYBRID ORBITAL
• WEAK BONDING BETWEEN LAYERS BY UNHYBRIDIZED 2p ORBITALS TO FORM DELOCALIZED BOND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
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Figure 10.24
The p Orbitals
See also Figure 10.25.
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SILICON
• IMPORTANT CONSTITUENT OF COMPOUNDS THAT MAKE UP EARTH’S CRUST
• SILICA
FUNDAMENTAL COMPOUND
A SILICON – OXYGEN COMPOUND
EMPIRICAL FORMULA: SiO2 BUT ACTUALLY NETWORK OF SiO4 TETRAHEDRA
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Figure 10.26
The Structure of Quartz
Si at the center of tetrahedral arrangement with 4 oxygen atoms.
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SILICATES
• SIMILAR SiO4 TETRAHEDRA AS SILICA HOWEVER O/Si RATIO > 2:1
• CONTAINS SILICON-OXYGEN ANIONS
• ALSO CONTAIN CATIONS TO BALANCE NEGATIVE CHARGE
• SILICATES ARE SALTS
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Figure 10.27
Silicate Anions
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Figure 10.28
Two Dimensional Representations of (a) a Quartz Crystal and (b) a Quartz Glass
Glass is an amorphousSolid - melt silica then cool rapidly.
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Glass
• Substances are added to common glass to alter its properties.
• See Table 10.5.
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CERAMICS
• MADE FROM CLAYS (CONTAIN SILICATES)
• HARDENED BY FIRING AT HIGH TEMP.
• EXCELLENT STABILITY AT HIGH TEMP.
• RESISTANT TO CORRISION
• HOWEVER BRITTLE
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Semiconductors
• Elemental Silicon has same structure as diamond. (Both in Group 4A)
• Diamond is insulator due to large energy gap between filled & unfilled Molecular Orbitals.
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Figure 10.23
Partial Representation of the Molecular Orbital Energies in A) Diamond and B) a Typical Metal
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SEMICONDUCTORS
ELEMENTAL SILICON HAS SMALLERGAP BETWEEN FILLED AND UNFILLEDMOLECULAR ORBITALS
AT ROOM TEMP, A FEW e1- CANCROSS THE GAP PROVIDINGSEMICONDUCTIVITY
AS TEMP , MORE e1- AREEXCITED AND CONDUCTIVITY
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DOPING
CONDUCTIVITY OF SILICON ENHANCEBY DOPING Si CRYSTALS WITHOTHER ELEMENTS
TWO TYPES:
1) n-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS
2) p-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS
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n- TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR
REPLACE SMALL FRACTION OF SiWITH ATOMS LIKE ARSENIC (As)EACH HAVING ONE MORE Ve1- THAN Si
EXTRA e1- ‘s AVAILABLE FORCONDUCTION
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p- TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR
Si DOPED WITH ATOMS HAVING FEWER Ve1- ‘s
CREATES HOLES
ELECTRON MOVES TO FILL THE HOLE,CREATING NEW HOLE
PROCESS IS REPEATED
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Figure 10.29
Silicon Crystal Doped with (a) Arsenic and (b) Boron
N-type
P-type
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Figure 10.30
Energy Level Diagrams for (a) an n-Type Semiconductor and (b) a p-Type Semiconductor
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p-n JUNCTION
CONNECTION OF p-TYPE AND n-TYPE
MOST IMPORTANT APPLICATIONOF SEMICONDUCTORS
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Figure 10.31
The p-n Junction
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RECTIFIER
• DEVICE THAT PRODUCES A PULSATING DIRECT CURRENT (i.e., FLOWS IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION)
FROM ALTERNATING CURRENT (i.e.,
FLOWS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ALTERNATELY.
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REVOLUTIONIZED ELECTRONICS!!
• p-n JUNCTION TRANSMITS CURRENT ONLY UNDER FORWARD BIAS
CONVERTS ALTERNATING CURRENT TO DIRECT CURRENT