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Question:

Define mobility of a charge carrier. What is its relation with relaxation time?

Solution:

The mobility of a charge carrier is defined as the drift velocity of the charge carrier per unit electric field. Thus, mobility, μ = vd/E. If q be the charge of carrier and τ be the relaxation time, then mobility μ = qτ/m where m be the mass of the charge carrier.