Suppose that you create two tiny systems consisting of four atoms each, and each atom can accept
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Suppose that you create two tiny systems consisting of four atoms each, and each atom can accept energy in quanta of the same magnitude.
(a) How many distinguishable arrangements are there of two quanta of energy distributed among the four atoms in one of these systems?
(b) You now bring the two tiny systems together. How many distinguishable arrangements are there if the two quanta of energy are distributed among the eight atoms?
(c) Which state is more disordered, that in part (a) or that in part (b)?
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Chemical Principles The Quest For Insight
ISBN: 9781464183959
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Authors: Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones, Leroy Laverman
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