What is the probability that, at a temperature of T = 300 K, an electron will jump across the energy gap Eg (= 5.5 eV) in a diamond that has a mass equal to the mass of Earth? Use the molar mass of carbon in Appendix F; assume that in diamond there is one valence electron per carbon atom.

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What is the probability that, at a temperature of T = 300 K,
an electron will jump across the energy gap Eg (= 5.5 eV) in a diamond
that has a mass equal to the mass of Earth? Use the molar
mass of carbon in Appendix F; assume that in diamond there is one
valence electron per carbon atom.

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