Abstract
In a rough approximation, the conduction electrons in a metal may be treated as freely moving with potential walls at the surface which prevent their leaving the metal. In a cube of silver (density p= 10.5 gm/cm3, atomic weight 108, one conduction electron per silver ion) there shall be determined
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the highest electron energy occurring in the ground state,
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the average kinetic electron energy,
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the pressure of the electron gas.
Temperature excitation may be neglected.
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Flügge, S. (1971). Very Many Particles: Quantum Statistics. In: Practical Quantum Mechanics II. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65114-4_4
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