avogadro's number in Boltzmann Equation

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avogadro's number in Boltzmann Equation

Postby Agustina Santa Cruz 2F » Sat Feb 13, 2021 4:56 pm

When do we incorporate Avogadro's number in Boltzmann Equation?

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Re: avogadro's number in Boltzmann Equation

Postby Dylan_K_3B » Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:26 pm

Boltzmann's constant multiplied by Avogadro's number gives the gas constant (the one utilizing J/mol*K), therefore you use the gas constant in the Boltzmann's Equation when relating it to moles of a substance.

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Re: avogadro's number in Boltzmann Equation

Postby Rohit Srinivas 2D » Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:09 pm

You use avogadros number when you have a mole of a certain molecule. This would make degeneracy raised to the power of avogadros number to account for each of the positions on each molecule.

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Re: avogadro's number in Boltzmann Equation

Postby clairehathaway 2J » Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:25 am

Rohit Srinivas 2D wrote:You use avogadros number when you have a mole of a certain molecule. This would make degeneracy raised to the power of avogadros number to account for each of the positions on each molecule.


Sometimes when I do this I get an error on my calculator that says "overflow", does anyone know how to fix this?

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Re: avogadro's number in Boltzmann Equation

Postby Rohit Srinivas 2D » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:11 pm

Unfortunately, that means your calculator cannot compute such a large number. I do not think there is a way around that. Apparently calculators cannot handle numbers above 9.99999999 x 10^99.


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