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The Boltzmann Distribution From A Microcanonical Ensemble Model allows students and instructors to explore why the Boltzmann distribution has its characteristic exponential shape. In…
  
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Boltzmann's Statistics model performs successive simulations of an isolated assembly of vibrating molecules modeled as quantum harmonic…
  
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A set of simulations and accompanying worksheets have been developed as guided inquiry learning materials for upper division thermal physics. The content follows closely the approach…
  
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A worksheet that uses the Einstein solid model to illustrate the fundamental ideas of Statistical and Thermal Physics. Within this model, each atom is viewed as three independent…
  
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A worksheet that uses two small Einstein solid model to illustrate that at equilibrium not all micropartitions are equally likely. The Metropolis method is used to sample according…
Two-State Paramagnet Worksheet and Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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,…
Einstein Solid with a Heat Bath Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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A worksheet that considers the case of an Einstein solid in thermal contact with a large reservoir or heat bath. Energy is continually exchanged between the bath and the solid, but…
  
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A worksheet that considers an Einstein solid in contact with a temperature demon (a single oscillator thermometer that exchanges energy with the Einstein solid). The combined…
  
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The Classical, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac Statistics Model allows users to change the total number of particles and the total energy of a particular system of 11 boxes, each with…
  
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The Chemical Potentials by Monte Carlo Simulations Model performs canonical (NVT) and isothermal-isobaric (NPT) Monte Carlo simulations focusing the calculation of chemical…
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