College Physics
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ISBN: 9780134601823
Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 16, Problem 8P
* Determine the ratio of the number of microstates (count) of a system of eight atoms when in a macrostate with four atoms on the left side of a container and four on the right side and when in a macrostate with seven atoms on the left and one on the right. Which state has the greater entropy? Explain.
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