Monday, February 28, 2011

macro vs micro states and entropy

Boltzmann's macro vs micro states re: entropy - something along the lines of how many micro states can fluctuate before it affects the macro state .... if the number of micro states is high than entorpy is high (the system is highly disordered) if the number of rearrangements is small (then system is ordered, system is highly

if something is highly ordere small rearrangements are noticeable // if disordered, you can rearrange a lot before you notice.

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