STP Entropy Einstein Solid Program

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written by Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, Wolfgang Christian, and Anne Cox

The STP Entropy Einstein Solid program calculates the entropy of two Einstein solids that can exchange energy. The purpose of this calculation is to illustrate that the entropy is a maximum at thermal equilibrium. The default system is two Einstein solids with 50 particles each and total energy E =200.

STP EntropyEinsteinSolid 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_EntropyEinsteinSolid.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.

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Last Modified: April 7, 2009
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Thermo & Stat Mech - First Law = Thermal Equilibrium - Models = Einstein Model - Second and Third Law = Entropy	- Upper Undergraduate - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation = Lecture/Presentation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2009 Wolfgang Christian
Additional information is available.
PACSs:: 01.50.hv; 05.10.-a; 07.05.Tp; 05.20.-y
Keywords:: Thermal interaction, osp, temperature
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 13, 2009 by Anne Cox
Record Updated:: April 7, 2009 by Anne Cox
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 13, 2009
Other Collections:: The Open Source Physics

Useful teaching tool

Author: Spencer Wheaton
Posted: July 4, 2011 at 2:41AM
Source: The Open Source Physics collection

good interactive tool for teaching about most likely macrostates

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STP Entropy Einstein Solid Program:

Is Part Of Statistical and Thermal Physics 2nd Ed. Programs

STP Entropy Einstein Solid is a part of STP Application package that contains curricular materials for the teaching of Statistical and Thermal Physics.

relation by Anne Cox

References STP Textbook Chapter 4: The Methodology of Statistical Mechanics

Chapter 4 of Gould and Tobochnik's Statistical and Thermal Physics provides additional underpinnings for the STP Entropy Einstein Solid Program.

relation by Anne Cox

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