For a material that contains n atoms, how many electron states will there be in a p band

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For a material that contains n atoms, how many electron states will there be in a p band

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Keagan Hebert · Answer 1

Number of states present in each band will be equal to total of all the states contributed by N atoms.

For instance, s band will contain N states.

Similarly, a p band will contain 3N states.