A Simple Statistical Thermodynamics Experiment

Autor/in	LoPresto, Michael C.
Titel	A Simple Statistical Thermodynamics Experiment
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 48 (2010) 3, S.183-185 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.3317453
Schlagwörter	Thermodynamics; Scientific Concepts; Probability; Science Experiments; Scientific Principles; Prediction; Statistics; Physics; Introductory Courses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thermodynamik; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Vorhersage; Statistik; Physik; Einführungskurs
Abstract	Comparing the predicted and actual rolls of combinations of both two and three dice can help to introduce many of the basic concepts of statistical thermodynamics, including multiplicity, probability, microstates, and macrostates, and demonstrate that entropy is indeed a measure of randomness, that disordered states (those of higher entropy) are more likely than more ordered ones. It can also show that predictions based on statistics are more accurate with larger samples of data. What follows is a simple experiment introducing some of the basic elements of statistical thermodynamics that can be a light and even fun way to end a unit on thermodynamics, often the end of a challenging first semester of introductory physics. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10