MIT STEM Concept Videos - What is Temperature?

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boltzmannäó»s constant composite system derivative energy redistribution entropy equilibration equilibrium macrostate microstate res-tll-004-stem-concept-videos-fall-2013 temperature

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MIT RES.TLL-004 Concept Vignettes View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/RES-TLL-004F13 Instructor: Jeff Grossman This video motivates the statistical mechanics approach through material structure and behavior. Entropy is introduced as a natural variable whose derivative with respect to energy is zero when the number of microstates is maximized. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu