Worksheet

1. The longitudinal and transverse velocities of sound in diamond, a cubic crystal, along
the [100] direction are, respectively, 1.76 and 1.28 x 106 cm/s. The longitudinal
velocity in the [111] direction is 1.86 x 106 cm/s. From these data, and the fact that
the density is 3.52 g/cm3, calculate the elastic constants C11, C12, and C44 for
diamond.
2. A Propagation that occur in a simple cubic lattice of monoatomic molecule that have
Young’s modulus Y= 6.5 x 107 N/m2 , a lattice constant of a = 5.02 Å, and atomic mass
M= 3.46 × 10-23 g, assuming lattice behaves as an elastic continuum, find the density ρ,
Speed Vs, Force constant α , Maximum frequency ωm
3. Copper has a mass density of 8.95g/cm3 and in electrical resistivity of 1.55 × 10−8ohm-m
at room temperature. Assuming the effective mass is “mo”. Calculate.
1) The concentration of the conduction electrons
2) Electrical conductivity
4. In a given 1 D arrangements of atom that have inter atomic distance a= 4 Å, If the energy
of electron at a position of π/3a is given as a function of wave vector k:
E = 3K2 where k is in Å-1, and E is in ev.
Find the effective mass?
5. If in 3 D lattice the unit cell has 3 atoms, thus how many phonon modes are present
6. Calculate the specific heat for aluminium at 300 K and its Debye temperature 375 K .
7. What is the Debye frequency for copper, if it has the Debye temperature of 315 K and
finds the Debye specific heat at 10 K and 300 K?
8. Calculate the average thermal energy of exited electrons at 400 K that have 4.5 ev of
Fermi energy
9. For a copper Cu, that has a density 9 g/cm3, The Fermi speed of electron at 0 K was
observed to have average speed 2 x 106 cm/s, under applied electric field it obtained to
have average speed of 2.3 x 106 cm/s, calculate the current density
10. What is the Electronic heat capacity at 298 K that have 5 ev of Fermi energy a
11. Show the Fermi Dirac distribution (probability distribution function ) for the given
temperature of 150, 300 and 600 K