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+// Example 3.4
+// Computation for percentage of electrons leaving a tungstan filament which can surmount a barrier of height 1eV//
+// Page no.78
+
+clc;
+clear;
+close;
+
+//Given data ;
+Vr=1;
+VT=2700/11600;//VT=T/11600
+
+
+//Calculation for percentage of electrons leaving a tungstan filament at 2700 degree K//
+P1=(exp(-Vr/VT))*100;//P1=I/Ith
+
+//Hence only about 1.4% of the electrons have surface-directed energies in excess of 1eV//
+
+
+//Displaying the result in command window
+printf('\n Percentage of electrons leaving a tungstan filament which can surmount a barrier of height 1eV = %0.1f percent',P1);
+
+
+//Answers are varying due to round off error//