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Dopant

A dopant, is an impurity added to a substance to alter its properties just as dope is an impurity added to a brain that alters consciousness.
The more dopant atoms you have, the higher the conductivity.

Artificially produced gemstones sometimes contain a dopant to identify them as such.
by SurScent July 24, 2009
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