Heat Capacity of Solid Material: Plank's Constant Implications

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The discussion centers on the implications of hypothetically increasing Planck's constant by tenfold on the heat capacity of solid materials. Participants highlight that altering a fundamental constant like Planck's constant essentially redefines the unit system without changing the underlying physics. This perspective aligns with similar discussions regarding the speed of light, emphasizing the complexity of modifying dimensionful constants in physical equations.

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  • Understanding of Planck's constant and its role in quantum mechanics.
  • Basic knowledge of thermodynamics and heat capacity concepts.
  • Familiarity with dimensional analysis in physics.
  • Concept of unit systems and their implications in physical laws.
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What could happened to heat capacity of solid material if Plank's constant value could be 10 times greater. If Some one knows please help me.
 
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It is always a confusing issue when people want to change a dimensionfull constant, because it is left unspecified what is supposed to vary and what not. It comes more often up with "changing the speed of light" but changing Planck's constant is similar. In the simplest case, you've just re-defined the unit system, and the physics remains the same.
 

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