Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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Chapter 41, Problem 19P
To determine
To calculate:
at T= 0oC, the probabilities that states with the following energies are occupied
(a) 4.4 eV
(b) 5.4 eV
(c) 5.5 eV
(d) 5.6 eV
(e) 6.4 eV
(f) the temperature a state with energy E = 5.6 eV is occupied with a probability of 0.16.
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