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Restricted to Statistical and Thermal Physics Type: Teacher Resource
  
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American Journal of Physics
A new statement of the second law of thermodynamics 
  
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100
Author:
Macdonald, Alan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Second and Third Law / Entropy
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Second and Third Law
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A. Macdonald, Am. J. Phys., 63 (12), 1122-1127 (1995).
A new statement of the second law of thermodynamics is given. The law leads almost effortlessly, for very general closed systems, to a definition of absolute entropy S, a demonstration that ΔS>0 in adiabatic ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.18018
American Journal of Physics
A thermodynamic derivative means an experiment 
  
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100
Author:
Styer, Dan
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Second and Third Law
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D. Styer, Am. J. Phys., 67 (12), 1094-1095 (1999).
All too often, courses in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics barrage their students with numerous equations that are left unexamined and uninvestigated. This note explains how to pause, examine a thermodynamic ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.19088
American Journal of Physics
Teaching Statistical Physics by Thinking about Models and Algorithms 
  
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100
Authors:
Tobochnik, Jan
Gould, Harvey
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Kinetics and Dynamics / Approach to Equilibrium
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles / Density of States
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J. Tobochnik and H. Gould, Am. J. Phys., 76 (4&5), 353-359 (2008).
This article discusses several ways of illustrating fundamental concepts in statistical and thermal physics by considering various models ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7647&DocID=620
American Journal of Physics
Understanding the Temperature and the Chemical Potential using Computer Simulations 
  
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100
Authors:
Tobochnik, Jan
Gould, Harvey
Machta, Jonathan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles / Chemical Potential
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Thermal Properties of Matter / Temperature
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles
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J. Tobochnik, H. Gould, and J. Machta, Am. J. Phys., 73 (8), 708-716 (2005).
This paper discusses several Monte Carlo algorithms and applications that are useful for understanding the concepts of temperature and chemical ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7644&DocID=619
STP Eclipse Workspace  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Authors:
Tobochnik, Jan
Gould, Harvey
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
General Physics / Computational Physics
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
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The STP Eclipse Workspace contains a ready to use Eclipse workspace with source code for Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) programs by Jan Tobochnik and Harvey Gould. Unzip this workspace and open it ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7455&DocID=554
Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool  [ Computer Program ]
  
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100
Author:
Esquembre, Francisco
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
General Physics / Computational Physics
Other Sciences / Computer Science
Education Practices / Curriculum Development / Course
Education Practices / Technology / Computers
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Easy Java Simulations (EJS) is a Java program that enables both programmers and novices to quickly and easily prototype, test, and distribute packages of Java simulations. Version 4.1 adds grouping and ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7305&DocID=478
American Journal of Physics
Thermal physics in the introductory physics course: Why and how to teach it from a unified atomic perspective 
  
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100
Author:
Reif, Frederick
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
General Physics / Physics Education Research
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F. Reif, Am. J. Phys., 67 (12), 1051-1062 (1999).
Heat and thermodynamics are traditionally taught in the introductory physics course from a predominantly macroscopic point of view. However, it is advantageous to adopt a more modern approach that systematically ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.19181
American Journal of Physics
Student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics: Relating work to the adiabatic compression of an ideal gas 
  
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100
Authors:
Loverude, Michael
Kautz, Christian
Heron, Paula
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / First Law / Adiabatic Processes
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / First Law
Education Foundations / Assessment of Students
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M. Loverude, C. Kautz, and P. Heron, Am. J. Phys., 70 (2), 137-148 (2002).
We report on an investigation of student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics. The students involved were drawn from first-year university physics courses and a second-year thermal physics course. ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1417532
American Journal of Physics
Investigation of students' reasoning regarding heat, work, and the first law of thermodynamics in an introductory calculus-based general physics course 
  
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100
Author:
Meltzer, David
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / First Law
General Physics / Physics Education Research
Education Foundations / Assessment of Students
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D. Meltzer, Am. J. Phys., 72 (11), 1432-1446 (2004).
Many studies have shown that pre-university students have substantial learning difficulties related to heat, temperature, and related concepts. However, very few investigations have been reported that focus ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1789161

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