Paul J. Gans

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I am a retired teacher of chemistry at the university level. My particular fields are thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. From being retired it is possible to infer that I'm one of the over-the-hill gang. One might be right about that, I'm the wrong person to ask.


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Where did Schrödinger solve the radiating problem of Bohr's model?
1d ago
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What is the deal with heat capacity?
2d ago
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Why does the Boltzmann factor $e^{-E/kT}$ seem to imply that lower energies are more likely?
jun 4 at 2:05
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How to reconcile the two definitions of work? (mechanical and thermodynamical)
jun 4 at 1:48
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Question about the proof that heat capacity goes to zero if temperature approaches $0K$
may 21 at 3:13
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Isothermal Gas Expansion, a Reversible or Irreversible process?
may 20 at 17:57
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What counts as “observation” in Schrödinger's Cat, and why are superpositions possible?
may 4 at 20:26
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Uncertainty and Thermodynamics
apr 12 at 19:52
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The number of degrees of freedom of a monatomic gas
mar 10 at 18:23
0
Formulae for Heat Change and Internal Energy Change in a Thermodynamic Process
feb 28 at 1:18
1
What is evidence for an irreversible change?
feb 3 at 1:02
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Irreversible process
feb 1 at 2:34
2
P-T Phase diagram. Density of material at critical point
jan 30 at 1:40
2
With ideal gases, varying quantity of moles, and having a constant volume how do temperature and pressure behave?
jan 18 at 3:06
3
What happens to 5 electrons on a sphere?
jan 18 at 2:52
0
Eutectic systems behavior near 100%-0% composition and low temperature
jan 14 at 4:02
0
What does it take to derive the ideal gas law in themodynamics?
jan 13 at 20:27
4
What happens when you heat vodka in a microwave?
jan 11 at 17:14
1
Could temperature have been defined as $-\partial S/\partial U$?
jan 7 at 2:05
3
Can endergonic reactions occur outside of living organisms?
jan 5 at 1:45
0
Temperature below absolute zero?
jan 4 at 1:00
0
What entities in Quantum Mechanics are known to be “not quantized”?
dec 31 at 3:21
1
Renyi entropy in physical systems
dec 26 at 19:57
1
Computing microstate probabilities based on Boltzmann distribution for chemical systems - Is it rigorous?
dec 23 at 0:55
1
experimental technique for measuring temperature of an ant
dec 22 at 2:37
2
The square in the Newton's law of universal gravitation is really a square?
dec 18 at 2:00
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Is $k_B \rightarrow 0$ the classical limit of stat. mech., as $\hbar \rightarrow 0$ is in QM?
dec 17 at 1:01
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Is energy the ability to do work?
dec 6 at 0:18
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How exactly does static discharge work?
dec 4 at 1:02
1
How to deduce E=(3/2)kT?
dec 4 at 0:55
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