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The behaviour of the conduction electrons in the eighth group elements was deduced from the results of experiments on vacuum-deposited films, by combining measurements of the electrical resistivity with thickness determinations and optical investigations. The mean free path of the electrons, their concentration, their effective mass, and the proportion of them specularly reflected at the film surfaces (known as the scattering parameter) were calculated by solving a system consisting of the Sondheimer equation for the size-dependence of the film conductivity, the known formulae giving the mean free path at the Fermi level and the plasma wavelength of the electron gas, and the Dingle relation for the scattering parameter in the spectral region of the anomalous skin effect.
The data thus obtained are in reasonable agreement with the generally accepted band structure of the transition metals.
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Reale, C. Properties of the conduction electrons in the metals of group VIII. J Mater Sci 6, 33–38 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00550288
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