This simulation shows how the Fermi-Dirac occupation probability changes with energy and temperature, from a sharp step at absolute zero to a smoothed S-shaped curve at higher temperatures.
Adjust the temperature and Fermi energy sliders and watch how the occupation curve reshapes around the Fermi level in real time.
Sliders let you vary temperature and Fermi energy to see their effect on the occupation probability curve.
The Fermi energy of a typical metal corresponds to a temperature of tens of thousands of kelvin, which is why the electrons in a metal at room temperature are still overwhelmingly packed into their zero-temperature arrangement.
This simulation shows how the Fermi-Dirac occupation probability changes with energy and temperature, from a sharp step at absolute zero to a smoothed S-shaped curve at higher temperatures.
This simulation shows how the Fermi-Dirac occupation probability changes with energy and temperature, from a sharp step at absolute zero to a smoothed S-shaped curve at higher temperatures.
Adjust the temperature and Fermi energy sliders and watch how the occupation curve reshapes around the Fermi level in real time.
The Fermi energy of a typical metal corresponds to a temperature of tens of thousands of kelvin, which is why the electrons in a metal at room temperature are still overwhelmingly packed into their zero-temperature arrangement.