There are only silicon controlled rectifiers and not germanium because
A. Si is available as compared to Ge.
B. Only Si has stable off-state.
C. Ge is very temperature sensitive.
D. Si only has the characteristic a1 + a2 < 1 at low collector currents and reaches 1 at high currents.
E. Both B & D
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Answer: E
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