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Write down the 3 principles underpinning Boltzmanns law and indicate which of these is incompatible with the quantum theory of gases
Well I know two...
1. The conservation of energy
2. Equal probabilities of allowed configurations
But I'm a bit stuck with the third. Can anyone help me out here?
I know that Boltzmann said that it matters which molecule is in which state and that there is no restriction on the number of molecules that can occupy a given state, but I wasn't aware that this is an underpinning principle. If it is, then I would say that this is the one that isn't compatible with the quantum theory of gases due to the indistinguishability issue.
The Attempt at a Solution
Well I know two...
1. The conservation of energy
2. Equal probabilities of allowed configurations
But I'm a bit stuck with the third. Can anyone help me out here?
I know that Boltzmann said that it matters which molecule is in which state and that there is no restriction on the number of molecules that can occupy a given state, but I wasn't aware that this is an underpinning principle. If it is, then I would say that this is the one that isn't compatible with the quantum theory of gases due to the indistinguishability issue.