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Conducting Materials: Theory & Numerical Analysis

Chapter 2 covers the theory and numerical aspects of conducting materials, including the Drude model, Fermi energy levels, and key concepts such as drift velocity, mobility, and electron scattering. It also addresses factors affecting conductivity and resistivity, as well as temperature effects on electrical resistance. The numerical section provides problems related to resistance, specific resistance, drift velocity, and conductivity calculations for various materials.

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Conducting Materials: Theory & Numerical Analysis

Chapter 2 covers the theory and numerical aspects of conducting materials, including the Drude model, Fermi energy levels, and key concepts such as drift velocity, mobility, and electron scattering. It also addresses factors affecting conductivity and resistivity, as well as temperature effects on electrical resistance. The numerical section provides problems related to resistance, specific resistance, drift velocity, and conductivity calculations for various materials.

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Chapter 2: Conducting materials

Review questions (Theory)


1. Explain Drude model for conducting materials. What assumptions have been made in the Drude
model?
2. Differentiate between ‘Fermi energy level’ and ‘Fermi-Dirac probability function’. What are their
importance in the study of electronic behaviour of conducting materials?
3. Define (i) Drift velocity (b) Mobility and (c) Relaxation time.
4. Explain briefly the following:
(a) Drift velocity and its relation with current density.
(b) Mean free path and its effect on conductivity.
5. What is electron scattering? How does it influence the behaviour of electron and the conducting
crystal?
6. Explain the Fermi-Dirac probability distribution. How does the temperature influence upon this
distribution?
7. Explain the influence of frequency on conductivity of conductors.
8. Briefly explain factors affecting conductivity and resistivity of metals.
9. Explain the temperature effect on conductivity of electrical resistance.
10. List the classifications of conductors.

Review questions (Numerical)

1. Resistance of a conducting wire is 57.2 Ω at 70 ºC and 50 Ω at 25 ºC. Estimate its temperature


coefficient of resistance.
2. Resistance of a 200 metre long copper wire is 21 ohm. Its diameter is 0.44 mm. Determine its
specific resistance.
3. For copper calculate (i) Thermal velocity, (ii) drift velocity, and (iii) current density. If E=100V/m,
ρ=1.72×10-8 Ω.m, T=25°C, density=8.46×103kg/m3, and atomic weight=63.5.
4. A uniform silver wire has a resistivity of 1.54×10–8 m at room temperature. For an electric field
along the wire of 1 volt cm–1, compute the average drift velocity of electron assuming that there is
5.8 × 1028 conduction electrons /m3. Also calculate the mobility.
5. The density of silver 10.5 × 103 kgm–3 assuming that each silver atom provides one conduction
electron. The conductivity of silver at 20°C is 6.8 × 107 Ω-1 m–1. Calculate the density and mobility
of electron in silver with atomic weight 107.9 × 10–3 kg m–2.
6. Calculate the drift velocity of electrons in copper and current density in wire of diameter 0.16 cm
which carries a steady current of 10 A. Given n = 8.46 × 1028 m–3.
7. How much is the electric field between a pair of conducting plates, 5 mm apart, when the potential
difference between them is 230 V?
8. The carrier concentration in a material of conductivity 0.018/ohm-m is 1019 electrons/m3. A voltage
of 0.16 volts is applied across the 0.29 mm thick material. Determine the drift velocity of the
carriers. Take standard values of mass of electron and electronic charge.
9. There is 5% probability for an electron to occupy an energy state which is 0.4 eV above the Fermi
energy. Estimate the temperature at which this can happen.

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