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Spreadsheet Modeling of Electron Distributions in Solids
Wingfield V. Glassey
Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691
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February 2006
Vol. 83 No. 2
p. 327
Abstract
This article describes a series of spreadsheet modeling exercises that form part of a new upper-level course in Solid State Materials and Surface Chemistry at The College of Wooster. The exercises afforded students the opportunity to interact with the conceptual framework used to describe electron behavior in solids. In the final exercise, students demonstrate their understanding of the concepts by showing how experimental measurements of the electrical conductivity of a semiconducting material (a macroscopic property) can be used to obtain a graphical estimate of the electronic band gap in the material (a microscopic property).
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Spreadsheets and graphs for the three modeling experiments are available.
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*  Citation
 Glassey, Wingfield. J. Chem. Educ. 2006 83 327.
*  Keywords
 Computer-Based Learning; Conductivity; Inorganic Chemistry; Materials Science; Molecular Modeling; Physical Chemistry; Second-Year Undergraduate; Semiconductors; Solid State Chemistry; Statistical Mechanics; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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