//Scilab Code Ex 10.5 Fermi energy of zinc at absolute zero: Page-335 (2010) d = 7.13D+3; // Density of Zn, in kg per m cube M = 65.4D-3; // Atomic weight of Zn, kg/mol me = 9.1D-31; // Mass of an electron, kg meff = 0.85*me; // Effective mass of the electron in zinc, kg v = 2; // valency of divalent (Zn) metal N = 6.023D+23; // Avogadro's Number h = 6.626D-34; //Plank's constant, in Js n = v*d*N/M; // Number of electrons per unit volume Ef = h^2/(2*meff)*(3*n/(8*%pi))^(2/3); //Fermi energy in zinc at absolute zero, J EfeV = Ef/1.6D-19; // Fermi energy in eV Ebar = (3/5)*EfeV; // Average energy of an electron at 0K, eV disp(EfeV,"The fermi energy in zinc at absolute zero,in eV, is : "); disp(Ebar,"The average energy of an electron at 0K,in eV, is : "); //Result // The fermi energy in zinc at absolute zero,in eV, is : // 11.110065 // The average energy of an electron at 0K,in eV, is : // 6.6660389