Fermi Energy Of A Single Hydrogen Atom

Arafat Sagar

2nd August 2012 - 11:43 AM

What is the Fermi energy of a single hydrogen atom?

- Ground state of hydrogen is -13.6 eV, next state is -3.4 eV. Fermi energy Ef is somewhere between -13.6 and -3.4 at absolute zero temperature.
- other than absolute zero temperature Ef wont change, but the fermi function will be changed. the shape of the fermi function will not be a step potential anymore, though the Ef will remain unchanged.

is my idea right?

What is the numerical value of fermi energy of a hydrogen atom?

Hoogah

7th September 2012 - 12:03 PM

I say chuan-chuan go into civil engineering, first blood! and for the original poster go into semiconductor physics. why is there a chink here? is he from the q continumm?

one more thing, pork barrel, u lurker! i am not a chemist! i am a physicist! though i am gd in quantum chemistry!

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