Element semiconductors are located in the fourth column of t

Element semiconductors are located in the fourth column of the periodic table of elements, what does make these elements different from other elements?

Solution

Semiconductor material\'s basic property is: It will sort of conduct electricity but it will also have some resistance.

Electric conductivity of an element depends on how many valence electrons an atom of that element has. As In fourth column elements have 4 valence electrons.

Now the best semiconductor\'s are found in the fourth column, and what makes them best is that their conductivity can be changed very fast by doping,

Doping is a process of inserting a very small amount of atoms of other elements. this process can be easily done in only fourth column only.