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conduction bands

conduction bands is the plural of conduction band.

Meaning of conduction band

Noun

conduction band (plural conduction bands)

  1. The range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor in which electrons can move freely and transport charge.
    • In a semiconductor material like silicon, something very interesting happens because the current is not only carried by electrons in the conduction band.2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 160

Questions about conduction bands

What is conduction bands the plural of?
Conduction bands is the plural of conduction band.

Words near conduction bands in the dictionary

  1. conducting wire
  2. conducting wires
  3. conductins
  4. conduction
  5. conduction band
  6. conduction bands
  7. conduction time
  8. conduction times
  9. conductional
  10. conductions
  11. conductitious

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