Statistical mechanical interpretation of temperature

Foundations of Chemistry 21 (3):325-331 (2019)
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A statistical mechanical treatment is given of thermal contact between two systems. Reciprocal temperature emerges from this as the relative change in the number of microscopic states a macroscopic system at equilibrium ranges over, at constant volume and chemical composition, with change in internal energy. The significance of this is discussed in detail with reference to a monatomic gas and an Einstein solid.

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10.1007/s10698-019-09337-4

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