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Page 152
... conduction bands of these metals should be so free - electron - like . There are two fundamental reasons why the strong interactions of the conduction electrons with each other and with the positive ions can have the net effect of a ...
... conduction bands of these metals should be so free - electron - like . There are two fundamental reasons why the strong interactions of the conduction electrons with each other and with the positive ions can have the net effect of a ...
Page 294
... conduction band , and the excitation of conduction band electrons to higher levels gives the interband threshold . Since the Fermi surface in the alkali metals is so close to a free electron sphere , the bands above the conduction band ...
... conduction band , and the excitation of conduction band electrons to higher levels gives the interband threshold . Since the Fermi surface in the alkali metals is so close to a free electron sphere , the bands above the conduction band ...
Page 666
... conduction electron spin susceptibility . The shift produced by this field , known as the Knight shift , is measured by noting the difference in resonant frequency between the metallic element in ( for example ) a nonparamagnetic salt ...
... conduction electron spin susceptibility . The shift produced by this field , known as the Knight shift , is measured by noting the difference in resonant frequency between the metallic element in ( for example ) a nonparamagnetic salt ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
The Sommerfeld Theory of Metals | 29 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
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