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The Fermi energy for gold is 5.51 eV at T = 293 K. (a) Find the average energy of a cond...

The Fermi energy for gold is 5.51 eV at T = 293 K. (a) Find the average energy of a conduction electron at that temperature. (b) Compute the temperature at which the average kinetic energy of an ideal gas molecule would equal the average energy you found in (a). (c) Comment on the relative temperatures in (a) and (b).

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