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  2. Valence and conduction bands - Wikipedia

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    In solid-state physics, the valence band and conduction band are the bands closest to the Fermi level, and thus determine the electrical conductivity of the solid. In nonmetals, the valence band is the highest range of electron energies in which electrons are normally present at absolute zero temperature, while the conduction band is the lowest range of vacant electronic states.

  3. Electrostatic induction - Wikipedia

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    [4]: p.711–713 If, while it is close to the positive charge, the above object is momentarily connected through a conductive path to electrical ground, which is a large reservoir of both positive and negative charges, some of the negative charges in the ground will flow into the object, under the attraction of the nearby positive charge. When ...

  4. Synthesis of precious metals - Wikipedia

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    At 3% fission products by weight, one ton of used fuel will contain about 400 grams of rhodium. The longest lived radioisotope of rhodium is 102m Rh with a half-life of 2.9 years, while the ground state (102 Rh) has a half-life of 207 days. [1] Each kilogram of fission rhodium will contain 6.62 ng of 102 Rh and 3.68 ng of 102m Rh.

  5. Band gap - Wikipedia

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    In solid-state physics and solid-state chemistry, a band gap, also called a bandgap or energy gap, is an energy range in a solid where no electronic states exist. In graphs of the electronic band structure of solids, the band gap refers to the energy difference (often expressed in electronvolts ) between the top of the valence band and the ...

  6. Metallic bonding - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, plasmons are hard to excite on a bulk metal. This is why gold and copper look like lustrous metals albeit with a dash of color. However, in colloidal gold the metallic bonding is confined to a tiny metallic particle, which prevents the oscillation wave of the plasmon from 'running away'. The momentum selection rule is therefore ...

  7. Ground state - Wikipedia

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    The ground state of a quantum-mechanical system is its stationary state of lowest energy; the energy of the ground state is known as the zero-point energy of the system. An excited state is any state with energy greater than the ground state. In quantum field theory, the ground state is usually called the vacuum state or the vacuum. If more ...

  8. Understanding the historical performance of gold

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    Nations are also purchasing more gold, and less US treasury securities with reserve capital," says Stack. Why gold can be a smart investment. Gold investment can be a hedge against inflation ...

  9. GOLD - Wikipedia

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    Gold, a chemical element; Genomes OnLine Database; Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, a NASA Explorer Mission of Opportunity; GOLD (parser), an open-source parser-generator of BNF-based grammars; Graduates of the Last Decade, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers program to garner more university level student members