Kinetic Energy P(U)


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Rebecca Altshuler 1D
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Kinetic Energy P(U)

Postby Rebecca Altshuler 1D » Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:45 pm

I understand how to use U in formulas, but under what circumstances would we need to use potential energy P?
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caseygilles 1E
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Re: Kinetic Energy P(U)

Postby caseygilles 1E » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:22 pm

I do not think we actually need to calculate potential energy. I believe we are just using the term conceptually to understand the relation between entropy and potential energy, since entropy studies the number of different potential microstates, aka states at different energies in a system, something could be in.
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Margaret Akey
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Re: Kinetic Energy P(U)

Postby Margaret Akey » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:24 pm

I dont think we need to know potential energy!
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