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... positively charged particle with a positive mass m * . Since the response of a hole is the same as the response an electron would have if the electron were in the unoccupied level ( point 2 above ) , this completes the demon- stration ...
... positively charged particle with a positive mass m * . Since the response of a hole is the same as the response an electron would have if the electron were in the unoccupied level ( point 2 above ) , this completes the demon- stration ...
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... positive ion vacancies in an ionic crystal , without creating unbalanced positive charge , with its prohibitively large Coulomb energy . This excess charge must be balanced either by positive ion interstitials , negative ion vacancies ...
... positive ion vacancies in an ionic crystal , without creating unbalanced positive charge , with its prohibitively large Coulomb energy . This excess charge must be balanced either by positive ion interstitials , negative ion vacancies ...
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... positive ion vacancies and interstitials ) . 1 + ( b ) ( c ) of positive and negative ion vacancies , known , in this context , also as Schottky defects . On the other hand , there can be essentially equal numbers of vacancies and ...
... positive ion vacancies and interstitials ) . 1 + ( b ) ( c ) of positive and negative ion vacancies , known , in this context , also as Schottky defects . On the other hand , there can be essentially equal numbers of vacancies and ...
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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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