Teaching MPPSC Assistant Professor Mock Test Series 2025 Chemical Sciences Solid State Band Structure of Solids
Band theory predicts that magnesium is an insulator. However, in practice it acts as a conductor due to
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overlap of filled 3s and empty 3p orbital
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presence of unfilled 3p orbital
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presence of filled 3s orbital
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overlap of filled 2p and filled 3s orbital