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It is shown that, assuming free electrons alone to be responsible for the mechanism of metallic reflection, there is a wavelength at which the temperature variation of reflectivity is zero. Since this wavelength is directly proportional to the time of relaxation of the electrons it is to be concluded that it varies with the temperature. The effect of the bound electrons is also considered.
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Robert J. Weil (1948) studied this question.
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