Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Interesting. As I understand it, pure silicon is a *non*-conductor. 
>>> It only becomes a *semi*-conductor when doped with inpurities...
>>
>> Check your periodic table of the elements.
> 
> ...because all the properties of the elements are determined solely by 
> their position in the table?

A lot of the electrical ones are, IIRC.

Anyway, Silicon is a semiconductor, not a nonconductor.  Normally, it's 
a very poor conductor, but when doped becomes the equivalent of a 
superconductor.  Thus, a semi-conductor.

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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