Mastering Physics with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)
Mastering Physics with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780133978216
Author: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 42, Problem 42.19E
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The number of electrons are excited from the top of the valence band to the bottom of the conduction band by absorbing the gamma ray.

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Mastering Physics with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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