21. In resonant excitation, the core electron is promoted to a bound state in the conduction band . 22. In any semiconductor, increasing temperature will promote some electrons into the conduction band " mechanically ". 23. VB = valence band, CB = conduction band 24. A smaller amount have energy levels above the forbidden gap, and this is the conduction band . 25. As the name implies, electrons in the conduction band are free to move about the semiconductor. 26. The top of the valence band is higher than the bottom of the conduction band in energy. 27. In contrast to Kondo insulators, the chemical potential of heavy fermion compounds lies within the conduction band . 28. This condition is only satisfied in the conduction band , since the valence band is full in non-metals. 29. For electrons at the conduction band edge, very few states are available for the electron to occupy. 30. Heat conduction in steel, like all metals, is totally dominated by the propagation of conduction band electrons.
