A worksheet that uses the two-state paramagnet model to investigate the fundamental ideas of Statistical and Thermal Physics. This model considers N non-interacting magnetic dipoles, with dipole moment mu in an external magnetic field of strength B. Each dipole can point either in the direction of the magnetic field, or in the opposite direction (i.e. the dipoles are "two-state"). A dipole pointing in the direction of the magnetic field has less energy than one pointing in the opposite direction, since it requires energy to flip a dipole from being aligned with the field to being anti-aligned.
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Two-State Paramagnet Source Code
This source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Two-State Paramagnet Model. Unzip this archive in your Ejs workspace to compile and run this model using Ejs. download 6kb .zip
Last Modified: June 13, 2014
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S. Wheaton, Computer Program TWO-STATE PARAMAGNET WORKSHEET AND MODEL (2013), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12960&DocID=3542).
S. Wheaton, Computer Program TWO-STATE PARAMAGNET WORKSHEET AND MODEL (2013), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12960&DocID=3542>.
Wheaton, S. (2013). Two-State Paramagnet Worksheet and Model [Computer software]. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12960&DocID=3542
%0 Computer Program %A Wheaton, Spencer %D May 24, 2013 %T Two-State Paramagnet Worksheet and Model %8 May 24, 2013 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12960&DocID=3542
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