Question
The manifestation of band structure in solids is due to
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Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
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Pauli’s exclusion principle
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Bohr’s correspondence principle
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Boltzmann’s law
Solution
B.
Pauli’s exclusion principle
According to Pauli's exclusion principle, the electronic configuration of a number of subshells existing in a shell and number of electrons entering each subshell is found. Hence, on the basis of Pauli's exclusion principle, the manifestation of band structure in solids can be explained.
