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A History of ThermodynamicsFluctuations

A History of Thermodynamics: Fluctuations [Fluctuations are random and therefore unpredictable, except in the mean, or on average. They are due to the irregular thermal motion of the atoms. An instructive example - and the first one to be described analytically - is the Brownian motion of nearly macroscopic particles suspended in a solution. The velocity of such a particle fluctuates around zero in an apparently irregular manner.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of ThermodynamicsFluctuations

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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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© Springer 2007
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978-3-540-46226-2
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273 –287
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10.1007/978-3-540-46227-9_9
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[Fluctuations are random and therefore unpredictable, except in the mean, or on average. They are due to the irregular thermal motion of the atoms. An instructive example - and the first one to be described analytically - is the Brownian motion of nearly macroscopic particles suspended in a solution. The velocity of such a particle fluctuates around zero in an apparently irregular manner.]

Published: Jan 1, 2007

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