A silicon plate of thickness 1mm, breadth 10mm and length 100mm is placed in a magnetic field of 0.5 Wb/m^2 acting perpendicular to its thickness. If 10^-3 A current flows along its length, calculate the Hall voltage developed, if the Hall coefficient is 3.66×10^4 m^3/Coulomb.

A silicon plate of thickness 1mm, breadth 10mm and length 100mm is placed in a magnetic field of 0.5 Wb/m^2 acting perpendicular to its thickness. If 10^-3 A current flows along its length, calculate the Hall voltage developed, if the Hall coefficient is 3.66×10^4 m^3/Coulomb.

(a) 1.83×10^-3 Volts

(b) 3.66×10^-4 Volts

(c) 0.5 Volts

(d) 25.150 Volts

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This intriguing question comes from Properties of Semiconductors in chapter Semiconductors of Engineering Physics II

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A silicon plate of thickness 1mm, breadth 10mm and length 100mm is placed in a magnetic field of 0.5 Wb/m^2 acting perpendicular to its thickness. If 10^-3 A current flows along its length, calculate the Hall voltage developed, if the Hall coefficient is 3.66×10^4 m^3/Coulomb.

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