Question

Select the members of group 14 that using as semiconductors

Answer 1

Answer:

We can find the Carbon family towards the right side of the periodic table. We refer to them as the group 14 elements. The members of this family include carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), and flerovium (Fl).

These elements belong to the p-block of elements in the periodic table. We can, thus know, their electronic configuration is ns2np2.