// Ex12_3 Page:245 (2014) clc; clear; tau = 1e-015; // Average collision time of an electron, s a = 4e-010; // Lattice parameter of cubic structure, m n = 1; // Number of electrons atoms per unit cell e = 1.6e-019; // Charge on an electron, C m = 9.1e-031; // Mass of an electron, kg N = n/a^3; // Number of electrons per unit volume, per metre-cube sigma = N*e^2*tau/m; // Conductivity of copper, mho/m rho = 1/sigma; // Resistivity of copper, ohm-m printf("\nThe conductivity of copper = %4.2e mho/m", sigma); printf("\nThe resistivity of copper = %4.2e ohm-m", rho); // Result // The conductivity of copper = 4.40e+05 mho/m // The resistivity of copper = 2.28e-06 ohm-m