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Lecture 4: Partition Function and Thermodynamic Identity
Category: Education
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2007-09-09 19:02:43
Description: Boltzmann Factor, Partition Function and how to calculate everything else from it.
Live near lakes because they have a high heat capacity. Energy and Heat Capacity of a two state system, Definition of a reversible process, Definition of pressure, The Thermodynamic Identity, Thermodynamically Conjugate variables.
Digressions: Is toasting bread a reversible process? Do microwaves get water hotter than other heating methods?

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