conduction electron

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conduction
noun[U]
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/kənˈdʌk.ʃən/us
/kənˈdʌk.ʃən/
the process by which heat or electricity goes through ...
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electron
noun[C]
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/iˈlek.trɒn/us
/iˈlek.trɑːn/
an extremely small piece of matter with a negative ...
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With more recombination, there will be fewer conduction electrons in the conduction band and a corresponding increase in the resistance, which can be directly measured.
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The effective mass of theconductionelectronin the tantalum material is nearly equal to the rest mass of the electron.
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This is different from interband absorption in semiconductors because the excited electron is aconductionelectron(i.e. it can move freely).
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The oscillatory nature of theconductionelectronpolarisation was established in rare earth alloys.
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The model contains a narrow resonance between a magnetic impurity state and aconductionelectronstate.
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Of course, no conduction electrons exist within the cluster before the laser pulse.
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The free electrons in the metal are called conduction electrons.
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In the case of the metallic clusters there are conduction electrons inside the cluster.
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After the quick initial multiple ionization, during the major par t of the irradiation time this matter presents an ideal plasma consisting only of conduction electrons and multicharged ions.
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In a dielectric, only one of either the conduction electrons or the dipole relaxation typically dominates loss.
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In the same manner, because they are much less massive, thermal energy is readily borne by mobile conduction electrons.
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The gap-like feature in the optical conductivity represents directly the hybridization gap, which opens due to the interaction of localized f-electrons and conduction electrons.
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The critical size where these and related effects take place are correlated with the mean free path of the conduction electrons of the metal.
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One could picture the conduction electrons flowing around them like a river around an island or a big rock.
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In a more quantum-mechanical view, the conduction electrons divide their density equally over all atoms that function as neutral (non-charged) entities.
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This means that at 0 kelvin, there are no free conduction electrons and the resistance is infinite.
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In this case the interaction between the f-electrons, which present a local magnetic moment and the conduction electrons is neglected.
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Physically, this means that it will depend on how conduction electrons interact with the atoms within a given material.
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Metals are typically also good conductors of heat, but the conduction electrons only contribute partly to this phenomenon.
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Here, particles correspond to conduction electrons, and antiparticles to holes.
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