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Material Science (Esc 205), 2010-11 1st Semester

Homework 1
1) Please give two examples of each of the following
i) A conducting polymer.
ii) An elemental semiconductor.
iii) A non-oxide compound semiconductor.
iv) An oxide semiconductor.
v) A refractory material.
vi) A superconductor.
2) Give electronic configuration of the following ions: P5+, P3-, Sn4+, Se2-, I-, and Ni2+.
3) What is meant by `non-directionality’ of a chemical bond? State two reasons why an ionic
bond is non-directional in nature.
4) Problem no. 4.9(Raghavan).
5) Problem no. 4.10 (Raghavan).
6) Problem no. 4.16 (Raghavan).

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