Do Electrons Change Location as Temperature Approaches 0K?

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Do electrons become more likely to be found in certain places as the temperature approaches 0K?
 

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DrClaude said:
Free electrons? Electrons in solids?
Yepp?
 
SD das said:
Yepp?
I was asking for a clarification of which system you are thinking about.
 
DrClaude said:
I was asking for a clarification of which system you are thinking about.
Free electrons
 
If they are completely free there is no reason for them to be in some particular place - their location will just depend on where you put them and their velocities.

If you have bound electrons in some potential, at 0 K in general they are more likely to be closer to a minimum of the potential.
 

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