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The Boltzmann Probability as a Unifying Approach to Different Phenomena

Claudio FazioIvan GuastellaOnofrio Rosario Battaglia

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Physics4. Education05 social sciencesPhysics education050301 educationGeneral Physics and AstronomyStatistical mechanics01 natural sciencesBoltzmann equationBoltzmann distributionsymbols.namesakeviscous liquids flowSimple (abstract algebra)Boltzmann probability0103 physical sciencesBoltzmann constantComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONsymbolschemical clock reactionthermionic emissionUndergraduate engineeringStatistical physics010306 general physics0503 education

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We discuss a pedagogical approach to the role of the Boltzmann probability in describing the temperature dependence of three simple experimental situations. The approach has been experimented in an introductory course on statistical mechanics for undergraduate engineering students at University of Palermo.

10.1119/1.3493404http://hdl.handle.net/10447/51819