513.001 Molecular and Solid State Physics | |
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Chemical potential of a metalThe chemical potential of a metal is weakly temperature dependent so it can be estimated by calculating the Fermi energy. A monovalent metal has a bcc lattice and a lattice constant of a = 0.1 nm. Derive the expression for the Fermi energy using the free electron model and use it to estimate the chemical potential in this case. |