What does Einstein temperature mean physically?

freesnow · Jun 10, 2009

What is Einstein temperature? I know how to calculate it but I don't understard what it means...

kanato · Jun 10, 2009

Roughly speaking, it's the temperature below which quantum effects play a role in the statistics. Much above the Einstein temperature of a solid the Dulong-Petit law gives a good approximation of the heat capacity, but below that temperature and the heat capacity drops off and deviates significantly from Dulong-Petit.

What does Einstein temperature mean physically?

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