When the conduction electrons in a metal are treated as an ideal gas of fermions, the mean number of electrons occupying a state with energy e is given by i+ (-2) (3)u (a) define the fermi energy [ marks] (b) sketch n as a function of e for an electron gas: (i) at t 0 k, and to the fermi temperature (ii) at a temperature above 0 k, but small compared label and briefly justify each sketch [5 marks] (c) describe the change in the variation of n with e as the temperature increases, and hence explain why conduction electrons make only a small contribution to the heat capacity of a metal at room temperature

Geologists get to play with chemistry, physics, and history! and what a history you will meet as youwork your way through the course. starting at the beginning, the textbook provides the scientifically acceptedstart of the and promises that you'll get to explore some of the evidence for that scientific view, later inthe semester. meanwhile, which is more nearly correct of the scientifically accepted view? a) the earth formed when the big bang caused older materials to fall together, about 14 billion years ago. b) the earth formed from the falling together of older materials, about 4.6 billion years ago. c) the earth formed in the big bang, about 6000 years ago. d) the earth is eternal, having been here forever and promising to be here forever. e) the earth was assembled by gigantic space beavers, which gnawed down the primordial tree of life andpiled its branches together to form the planet.