Statistical mechanics in engineering

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Jun 5, 2015

There are some applications of thermodynamics in engineering which I don't bother to talk about. What I want to ask is, are there any problems in engineering for which thermodynamics is not enough and people have to use statistical mechanics?
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Then there's electronics component design.

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