Statistical Physics, Second Revised and Enlarged Edition

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72 Maxwell–Boltzmanngases



  1. However,itisevidentfrom expressionsforSandCthat classical ideasmust fail
    at low enough temperatures.

  2. Surprisingly, calorimetric methods candetermine Planck’s constant throughthe
    entropyconstantS 0 (6.15).

  3. MB statistics differs from Boltzmann statistics by having a (necessary) extraN!
    term in the free energy expression ( 6 .1 6 b). This arises from the indistiguishability
    of gaseous particles, a matter ofcontroversyinBoltzmann’sday.

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