Chapter 3: Q. 3.36 (page 119)

Consider an Einstein solid for which both N and q are much greater than $1$ . Think of each oscillator as a separate "particle."
(a) Show that the chemical potential is
role="math" localid="1646995468663" $μ = - k T \ln (\frac{N + q}{N})$
(b) Discuss this result in the limits $N ≫ q$ and $N ≪ q$ , concentrating on the question of how much $S$ increases when another particle carrying no energy is added to the system. Does the formula make intuitive sense?

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(a) It is proved that the chemical potential is $μ = - k T \ln (\frac{N + q}{N})$

(b) When $N > > q$ there are more oscillation than energy quanta, so the multiplicity is about the same.

When $N < < q$ there are more quanta than oscillator so there is more possible microstate. So, the multiplicity and the entropy increases.

Step by step solution

Part (a) Step 1 : Given Information

Number of oscillations, $N > > 1$

Number of units of energy, $q > > 1$

Part (a) Step 2 : Calculation

The multiplicity is

$\begin{aligned} Ω = \sqrt{\frac{N}{2 π q (N + q)}} {(\frac{q + N}{q})}^{q} {(\frac{q + N}{N})}^{N} \\ Ω \approx {(\frac{q + N}{q})}^{q} {(\frac{q + N}{N})}^{N} \end{aligned}$

The entropy is

$S = k [(q + N) \ln (q + N) - q \ln q - N \ln N]$

The chemical potential is

$\begin{aligned} μ = - T (\frac{\partial S}{\partial N}) U . V \\ μ = - T k \frac{\partial}{\partial N} [(q + N) \ln (q + N) - q \ln q - N \ln N] \\ μ = - k T \ln (\frac{q + N}{N}) \end{aligned}$

Part (a) Step 3 : Conclusion

The chemical potential is,

$μ = - k T \ln (\frac{q + N}{N})$

Part (b) Step 1 : Given Information

$N > > q N < < q U = 0$

Part (b) Step 2 : Calculation

At $N > > q$ , the chemical potential is,

$μ \approx - k T \ln (1 + \frac{q}{N})$

At $N ≪ q$ , the chemical potential is,

$\begin{aligned} μ \approx - k T \ln (\frac{q}{N}) \\ μ \to - \infty \end{aligned}$

Part (b) Step 3 : Conclusion

When $N > > q$ there are more oscillation than energy quanta, so the multiplicity is about the same. When $N < < q$ there are more quanta than oscillator so there is more possible microstate. So, the multiplicity and the entropy increases.

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Part (a) Step 3 : Conclusion

Part (b) Step 1 : Given Information

Part (b) Step 2 : Calculation

Part (b) Step 3 : Conclusion

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