Published March 10, 2020
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Journal Article
Teaching Thermodynamics with the Quantum Volume
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Yu, Ted H.
Abstract
The author introduces the concept of the quantum volume into thermodynamics teaching. A new derivation of the basic part of the Sackur–Tetrode equation uses the microcanonical ensemble instead of the math-heavy canonical ensemble. Entropy diagrams, based on the binomial distribution, visualize the ratio between the quantum volume and system volume.
Additional Information
© 2020 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc. Received: August 8, 2019; Revised: November 19, 2019; Published: January 27, 2020. The author would like to thank Brent Fultz for useful discussions. The author declares no competing financial interest.Additional details
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20200127-072319749
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2020-01-28Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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