38 Supplemental Problems Physics: Principles and Problems

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CHAPTER 29
1. An LED, light-emitting diode, produces
infrared radiation, wavelength 800 nm,
when an electron jumps from the
conduction band to the valence band.
Find the energy width of the forbidden
gap in this diode.
2. How many free electrons exist in 1.00
cm
3
of lithium? Its density is
0.534 g/cm
3
, atomic mass is
6.941 g/mole, and there is one free
electron per atom.
3. The voltage drop across a diode is 0.70 V
when it is connected in series to a 210-
resistor and a battery, and there is a 11-
mA current. If the LED has an equivalent
resistance of 70 , what potential
difference must be supplied by the
battery?
4. What resistor would replace the 210-
resistor in the previous problem if the
current was changed to 30 mA?
5. What would the new current in the
previous problem be if the leads on the
battery were reversed?