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American Journal of Physics
  
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R. Zia, E. Redish, and S. McKay, Am. J. Phys., 77 (7), 614-622 (2009).
The Legendre transform is a powerful tool in theoretical physics and plays an important role in classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics. In typical…
  
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F. Fernandes
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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…
American Journal of Physics
  
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H. Leff and W. Teeters, Am. J. Phys., 46 (1), 19-22 (1978).
The relation between the energy efficiency ratio (EER) of an air conditioner and the coefficient of performance (COP) of its refrigeration cycle is discussed. Two other efficiency…
Hot and Cold Ideal Gases  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Hot and Cold Ideal Gases model simulates the mixing of hot and cold two-dimensional ideal gases in a square box. This simulation can be used as part of the activity described…
Ideal Gas with Maxwell's Demon  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Ideal Gas with Maxwell's Demon model simulates a two-dimensional ideal gas in a square box, monitored by Maxwell's Demon (which allows only faster than average particles to…
Statistical Interpretation of Entropy Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Statistical Interpretation of Entropy Launcher package is a self-contained file for teaching the basic concept of the statistical interpretation of entropy. The file contains…
  
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P. Heron, 2006 PhysTEC Conference (2006).
This presentation from the 2006 PTEC Conference presents education research on topics in thermodynamics. Student responses to conceptual thermodynamics questions, and the conceptions…
STP Einstein Solids Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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H. Gould, J. Tobochnik, W. Christian, and A. Cox
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The STP EinsteinSolids program displays the energy distribution of an Einstein solid in thermal contact with another Einstein solid. The purpose of this program is to explore the…
  
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H. Gould and J. Tobochnik
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We introduce the concepts of temperature, energy, work, heating, entropy, engines, and the laws of thermodynamics and related macroscopic concepts.
  
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H. Gould and J. Tobochnik
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We develop the basic methodology of statistical mechanics and provide a microscopic foundation for the concepts of temperature and entropy. We use computer simulations will be to…
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