@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ $g(E) \propto E$ ⇒ total energy is $T \times T^2$ ⇒ $C_V \propto T^2$.
$g(E) \propto E^2$ ⇒ total energy is $T \times T^3$ ⇒ $C_V \propto T^3$.
### Exercises
## Exercises
#### Exercise 1: potassium
The Sommerfeld model provides a good description of free electrons in alkali metals such as potassium, which has a Fermi energy of 2.12 eV (data from Ashcroft, N. W. and Mermin, N. D., Solid State Physics, Saunders, 1976.).