Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 41 - Conduction of Electricity in Solids - Problems - Page 1273: 24

Answer

$\rho = 0.84 \space g/cm^3$

Work Step by Step

To find the density, first we need to find the number of conduction electrons per unit volume, n $ n = \frac{2 C}{3} (E_F^{3/2})$ We know that $E_F = 5.0 eV$ $C = 6.81\times 10^{27} m^{-3}.eV^{-3/2}$ Bivalent material $n \ times \space 2$ so $ n = \frac{2 ( 6.81\times 10^{27} m^{-3}.eV^{-3/2})}{3} (5.0 eV)^{3/2}$ $n= 5.08 \times 10^{28} m^{-3}$ The material is bivalent, so, $n_{atom} = \frac {n}{2}$ $n_{atom} = \frac {5.08 \times 10^{28} m^{-3}}{2}$ $n_{atom} = 2.54 \times 10^{28} m^{-3} $ Next we can find the number of moles per unit volume by dividing number of atom with Number Avogadro $n_{atom} = \frac{2.54 \times 10^{28} m^{-3}}{6.022 \times 10^{23}/mol}$ $n_{atom} = 4.2 \times 10^4 \space mol/m^3$ Finally, we can use the mass density of atom equation, where M = 20g/mol $\rho = n_{atom} M$ $\rho = (4.2 \times 10^4 \space mol/m^3) (20g/mol)$ $\rho = 8.4 \times 10^5 g/m^3$ $\rho = 0.84 \space g/cm^3$
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