Gases Part 2

Question 1

What is the N-particle partition function for indistinguishable particles?

Answer 1

Z_N=Z₁^N/N!

Question 2

What is the requirement for the indistinguishable particle partition function?

Answer 2

Can neglect configurations of more than one particle in a state
Requires n«n_Q

Question 3

What is an ideal gas?

Answer 3

A classical and indistingusihable gas

Question 4

What is the ideal gas law?

Answer 4

pV=Nk_BT

Question 5

What is the Sackur-Tetrode equation?

Answer 5

S=Nk_B[5/2-ln(Nλ³_th/V)]

Question 6

What is the solution to the Gibbs paradox?

Answer 6

Indistinguishability is a fundamental property and not an experimental inadequcy