written by
Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, Wolfgang Christian, and Anne Cox
The STP ChemicalDemon program displays a histogram of the energy of a demon that exchanges energy and particles with a one-dimensional lattice of particles. The purpose of this simulation is to understand how the demon acts as an ideal thermometer and ideal measurement of the chemical potential. The default system is a lattice of length L = 100 with N = 100 particles, an energy E = 200 and non interacting particles.
STP ChemicalDemon is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP). The program is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double-clicking the stp_ChemicalDemon.jar file will run the program if Java is installed on your computer. Additional programs can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, STP, or Statistical and Thermal Physics.
Please note that this resource requires
at least version 1.5 of Java.
STP Chemical Demon Documentation
A pdf document that briefly describes the STP Chemical Demon program. It describes how to use the stp_ChemicalDemon.jar file and contains short tutorial exercises for use with the jar file. download 109kb .pdf
Published: March 6, 2009
STP Chemical Demon Distribution
The materials distributed in this zip file are in support of the STP ChemicalDemon program. This distribution contains the program, documentation, and exercises. download 518kb .zip
Published: March 6, 2009
H. Gould, J. Tobochnik, W. Christian, and A. Cox, Computer Program STP CHEMICAL DEMON PROGRAM (2009), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8638&DocID=1014).
H. Gould, J. Tobochnik, W. Christian, and A. Cox, Computer Program STP CHEMICAL DEMON PROGRAM (2009), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8638&DocID=1014>.
Gould, H., Tobochnik, J., Christian, W., & Cox, A. (2009). STP Chemical Demon Program [Computer software]. Retrieved April 17, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8638&DocID=1014
Gould, H, J. Tobochnik, W. Christian, and A. Cox. "STP Chemical Demon Program." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8638&DocID=1014 (accessed 17 April 2025).
Gould, Harvey, Jan Tobochnik, Wolfgang Christian, and Anne Cox. STP Chemical Demon Program. Computer software. 2009. Java 1.5. 17 Apr. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8638&DocID=1014>.
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STP Chemical Demon Program is a part of STP Application package that contains curricular materials for the teaching of Statistical and Thermal Physics.
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