// Scilab Code Ex10.4: Page-223 (2010) e = 1.6e-019; // Energy equivalent of 1 eV, J/eV N_A = 6.023e+023; // Avogadro's number h = 6.626e-034; // Planck's constant, Js me = 9.1e-031; // Mass of electron, kg rho = 10.5; // Density of silver, g per cm m = 108; // Molecular mass of silver, g/mol N_D = rho*N_A/(m*1e-006); // Number density of conduction electrons, per metre cube E_F = h^2/(8*me)*(3/%pi*N_D)^(2/3); printf("\nThe number density of conduction electrons = %4.2e per metre cube", N_D); printf("\nThe Fermi energy of silver = %4.2f eV", E_F/e); // Result // The number density of conduction electrons = 5.86e+028 per metre cube // The Fermi energy of silver = 5.51 eV