Finding the value of W
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Re: Finding the value of W
W, or degeneracy, is defined as the number of ways of achieving a given energy state. It can be calculated by counting the number of particles and the number if arrangements/states they could be in. For example, if 2 particles could be in one of two states, W=4, or 2^2. The number of particles is raised to the power of the number of states they could be in.
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Re: Finding the value of W
W is equal to 'a', the number of possible ways to achieve a specific energy state, raised to the 'n' power where n is the number of particles in the system.
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Re: Finding the value of W
To find W, you have to know the number of orientations a molecule/atom/etc has and how many participles you have in the molecule/atom/etc/
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