// Ex12_5 Page:247 (2014) clc; clear; e = 1.6e-019; // Charge on an electron, C m = 9.1e-031; // Mass of an electron, kg K = 327; // Thermal conductivity of Zn, W/m/K N_A = 6.023e+026; // Avogadro's number/k-mol T = 300; // Room temperature, K tau = 2.5e-014; // Relaxation time of electrons in divalent Zn, s d = 7.13e+03; // Density of Zn, kg/metre-cube A = 65.38; // Atomic weight of Zn, g/mol N = 2*d*N_A/A; // Number of electrons per unit volume, per metre-cube sigma = N*e^2*tau/m; // Electrical conductivity of Zn, mho/m L = K/(sigma*T); // Lorentz number for Zn, W-ohm/Sq.K printf("\nLorentz number for Zn = %5.3e W-ohm/Sq.K", L); // Result // Lorentz number for Zn = 1.180e-08 W-ohm/Sq.K