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Problem 3.35 (Schroeder’s Intro to Thermal Physics)

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Problem 3.35

In the text I showed that for an Einstein solid with three oscillators and three units of energy, the chemical potential is \mu = - \epsilon (where \epsilon is the size of an energy unit and we treat each oscillator as a “particle”). Suppose instead that the solid has three oscillators and four units of energy. How does the chemical potential then compare to - \epsilon? (Don’t try to get an actual value for the chemical potential; just explain whether it is more or less than - \epsilon.)

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Problem 3.35 (Schroeder's Intro to Thermal Physics)

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