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Which of the following materials is not considered to be a semiconductor? germanium tin silicon aluminum

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Aluminium is not considered to be a semiconductor.
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Tin and Aluminum are not considered as semiconductors but rather conductors themselves because they are metals. Semiconductors are in general elements from column IV or or compounds of columns III and V of the periodic table.

Germanium and silicon are semiconductors because they are metalloids.
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