Calculate the average spacing between free-electron energy

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a) Calculate the average spacing between free-electron energy levels in a cube-shaped crystal of Li that is one centimetre on each edge.

b) At what cube size will the separation between energy levels be larger than the thermal energy available to the electrons at room temperature?

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