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Copper has one conduction electron per atom and a density of8.9103kg/m3. By the criteria of equation(943), show that at room temperature(300K), the conduction electron gas must be treated as a quantum gas of indistinguishable particles.

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The conduction electrons don't satisfy the condition to be considered a classical gas.

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We will use the condition for classical behaviour to see thatin copper the conduction electron constitutes a quantum gas-

NV3(mkBT)32<<1

Here,

NNumber of particles

VVolume

Planck's reduced constant

mMass of the object

kBBoltzmann' constant

TTemperature.

Converting mass of copper from u to unit

mA=63.546u=(63.546u)(1.661027kg1u)=1.0551025kg

02

The condition for classical behaviour to see that in copper the conduction electron constitutes a quantum gas

NV3(mkBT)32<<1DmA3(mkBT)32<<1

Substitute1.381023J/K for kB,8.9103kg/m3for density of copper(D)1.0551031J.s for ,1.0551025kgfor mAand 300Kfor T,

DmAh3(mkBT)32=(8.9103kg/m3)(1.0551025kg)(1.0551031J.s)3[(9.11025kg)(1.381023J/K)(300K)]32=428.4

Since 428.4 is not less than less than 1, so the statement isn't true. It means that the conduction electrons don't satisfy the conditions to be conditions a classical gas. Therefore, since they aren't considered to be a classical gas, they're considered a quantum gas.

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