Aluminium's conduction electron density is (Section 8.1)

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Aluminium's conduction electron density is n=1.81×1029 m−3n=1.81\times10^{29}\,\mathrm{m^{-3}} (Section 8.1). Using the free-electron formulas of Section 8.5, find aluminium's Fermi wavevector kFk_F, Fermi energy EFE_F, Fermi velocity vFv_F and Fermi temperature TFT_F.

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