A germanium semiconductor has the following uniformly-doped, completely-ionized impurity: \( 10^{10} \) donor atoms \( / \mathrm{cm}^{3} \). Find \( \ln \left(n / n_{\mathrm{i}}\right) \) at \( 250^{\circ} \mathrm{K} \).
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