= Electronic and lattice heat-capacity crossover in a monovalent metal
{title2=$T_*^2=15k_B\theta_D^3/(8\pi^4E_F)$}
For a monovalent three-dimensional <free electron gas>, the spin-summed molar <density of states> is $g(E_F)=3N_A/(2E_F)$. Combining the shell estimate $C_{el}=3k_B^2g(E_F)T$ with $C_{la}=(12\pi^4/5)R(T/\theta_D)^3$ gives the displayed nonzero crossover. The controlled <Sommerfeld expansion> replaces $3$ by $\pi^2/3$ and multiplies $T_*^2$ by $\pi^2/9$. A <Fermi energy> alone does not determine the DOS in an unspecified band structure.
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