LIII. The energies of electrons in aluminium
- 1 June 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Computers in Education
- Vol. 39 (293) , 429-449
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786444808521692
Abstract
In the first part of this paper it is shown, by means of the general Bloch method, how it is possible to construct the probable band structure of aluminium. The distribution of its three valence electrons in the two Brillouin zones is the following : the first zone is nearly full and the Fermi surface lies near the bounding square faces of this zone in the {100}-directions. The second zone is partly filled with one electron and the Fermi surface has the shape of semi-ellipsoids surrounding the eight points (±π/a, ±π/a, ± π/a) of the k-space. The second part of this paper contains the interpretations of some principal features of the soft X-ray emission spectra of aluminium.Keywords
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- Characteristic X-Rays from Metals in the Extreme UltravioletPhysical Review B, 1934