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A semimetal (e.g., antimony, bismuth) is a material in which electrons would fill states t...

A semimetal (e.g., antimony, bismuth) is a material in which electrons would fill states to the top of a band— the valence band—except for the'fact that the top of this band overlaps very slightly with the bottom of the next-higher band, Explain why such a material, unlike the "real" metal copper, will have true positive charge carriers and equal numbers of negative ones, even at zero temperature.

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