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I'm having difficulty with this problem:
Consider a two state system consisting of N distinguishable and indeppendent particles where each particle can occupy one of two states separated by an energy E. What is the entropy of the system at:
(A) T=0
(B) T=infinity
I'm assuming this refers to the canonical ensemble (different energies), so I have tried to apply the following formula:
S = E/T + klnZ
however this produces an infinite entropy at zero temperature (contradicting the third law of thermodynamics). Is there another way of calculating this?? Many thanks.
Consider a two state system consisting of N distinguishable and indeppendent particles where each particle can occupy one of two states separated by an energy E. What is the entropy of the system at:
(A) T=0
(B) T=infinity
I'm assuming this refers to the canonical ensemble (different energies), so I have tried to apply the following formula:
S = E/T + klnZ
however this produces an infinite entropy at zero temperature (contradicting the third law of thermodynamics). Is there another way of calculating this?? Many thanks.