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Quantum Free-Electron Model

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1928

Arnold Sommerfeld1928

Munich · Science / Physics

Applies Fermi-Dirac statistics to conduction electrons in metals, improving the classical Drude model.

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Arnold Sommerfeld

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