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Electrical Properties and the Solid-Vapor Equilibrium of Lead Sulfide

Robert F. Brebrick and Wayne W. Scanlon

  • U. S. Naval Ordnance Labcratory, White Oak, Maryland

Phys. Rev. 96, 598 – Published 1 November, 1954

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.96.598

Abstract

Natural PbS crystals were exposed to various pressures of sulfur-vapor near 500°C and then quenched. Calculations based on the penetration of pn junctions gave an interdiffusion constant of 2×106 cm2/sec at 550°C. The temperature dependence of the Hall coefficient and resistivity for several treated crystals was determined. A forbidden energy gap of 0.37±0.01 ev and an electron to hole mobility ratio of 1.4 was obtained.

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