If the thermal energy at ambient temp. is .025 ev what is the wavelength of electrons in a metal?
Dear Don, you can find relations between thermal energy and wavelength of electrons in metal in C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, chapter 6; the bridge between the two variables should be the Fermi-Dirac distribution.
See also the following link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_de_Broglie_wavelength
Mr. Argentini,
Thanks for responding. I've been looking into the matter and all the information on this subject seem to be concerning Atoms / Molecules but not ELECTRONS.
My interest is only concerning the wavelength of electrons at ambient temp. (.025 ev) . Since you are no doubt aware that math formulas for the determination of wavelength are commonly applied to Atoms / Molecules can these formulas also be use to determine the wavelength of electrons in a metal? Can you provide a formula that I can use to determine an electron's wavelength at ambient temp. (.025 ev)?.
Try using "massless particle" formula
lamba = c h / ( 2 pi1/3 kB T)
where lambda = wave length, c = light speed, h = Planck constant, kB = Boltzmann constant, T = Temperature, pi = 3.14
Gianluca
Gianluca,
Thank you and I will use the massless particle formula you provided!!!
Don
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