// Ex8_2 Page:164 (2014) clc;clear; h = 6.626e-034; // Planck's constant, Js m = 9.1e-031; // Mass of an electron, kg e = 1.6e-019; // Energy conversion factor, J/eV rho = 10.5; // Density of silver, g/cc M = 108; // Atomic weight of silver, g/mol N_A = 6.02e+023 // Avogadro's number, atoms/mol n = rho*N_A/(M*1e-06); // Number density of conduction electrons, per/metre-cube E_F = h^2/(8*m*e)*(3/%pi*n)^(2/3); // Fermi energy, eV E_bar = 3/5*E_F; // Mean energy of electron at 0 K, eV printf("\nThe number density of conduction electrons = %4.2e per metre-cube", n); printf("\nThe Fermi energy for silver = %4.2f eV", E_F); printf("\nThe mean energy of the electron at 0 K = %4.2f eV", E_bar); // Result // The number density of conduction electrons = 5.85e+028 per metre-cube // The Fermi energy for silver = 5.51 eV // The mean energy of the electron at 0 K = 3.31 eV