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Write the names of energy bands present in solids.

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There are number of energy bands in the solids but three of them are very important. These three energy bands are important to understand the behavior of solids. These energy bands are :-
(i) Valence band
(ii) Conduction band
(iii) Forbidden band or forbidden gap

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