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Entropy, Microstates, and Probability - Interactive Lecture Demonstration Guide
Title
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Entropy, Microstates, and Probability - Interactive Lecture Demonstration Guide |
Description
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This Interactive Lecture Demonstration Guide has the following goals. Students will be able to:
• Explain a spontaneous process – such as air rushing in to an evacuated chamber – using particle motion at the molecular level.
• Distinguish between spontaneous and non-spontaneous processes, and connect these to a probabilistic description of matter.
• Explain how a large number of microstates can produce the same macro-state.
• Perform calculations involving probability.
• Use particle motion and probability to explain heat transfer. |
Subject
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Chemistry |
Level
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Undergrad - Intro |
Type
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Demonstration |
Duration
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60 minutes |
Answers Included
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No |
Language
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English |
Keywords
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2nd Law of Thermodynamics, Boltzmann, Entropy, Microstates, Spontaneous and Non-Spontaneous Processes |
Simulation(s)
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Reversible Reactions |
Author(s)
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Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain |
Contact Email
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phethelp@colorado.edu |
School / Organization
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PhET |
Date submitted
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11/2/14 |
Date updated
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6/8/15 |