Question

The Hall effect is to be used to find the sign of charge carriers in a semiconductor sample. The probe is placed between the poles of a magnet so that magnetic field is pointed up. A current is passed through a rectangular sample placed horizontally. As current is passed through the sample in the east direction, the north side of the sample is found to be at a higher potential than the south side. Make a sketch of the situation, then decide if the number density of charge carriers is positively or negatively charged.

Answer 1

Answer:

the sign of these carriers is POSITIVE

Explanation:

In the effect, he found the charge carriers that were subjected to two forces, one electric and the other magnetic.

        F = F_e + F_m = q E + q v x B

bold indicates vectors

The electric field goes to the east, therefore the current also has this direction, the vector product of the velocity of the charge carriers towards the east and the magnetic field upwards, using the right hand rule a magnetic force is created towards the north if the carriers are positive.

In the exercise they indicate that the north side has a higher potential than the south side, therefore there must be an accumulation of carriers on this side that create an electric field (Hall) that is put to the magnetic force until reaching equilibrium when the total force is zero.

Therefore the sign of these carriers is POSITIVE