The Classical Free-Electron Theory of Metals Is Inadequate in That

Multiple Choice

The classical free-electron theory of metals is inadequate in that it

A) assumes the average energy of the electrons to be 3kT/2.
B) assumes the energy distribution to be a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.
C) fails to incorporate the exclusion principle.
D) assumes the applicability of the equipartition theorem.
E) incorporates all of these.