Give reason: Carbon is not a semiconductor inspite of it’s group being 14.

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Answer :

Conductivity increases as you go down a group, so carbon, at the top of its group, is

usually described as a resistor and silicon and germanium are described as semi-

conductors. Continuing down the group, tin and lead are conductors

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