Ludwig Boltzmann: physics, laws and tools

Ludwig Boltzmann S=k log W

author of this page: Gerhard Fasol

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He is most famous for linking the thermodynamically defined Entropy, which was essentially introduced to optimize steam engines, to the statistically defined entropy, based on the microscopic behavior of gas atoms and molecule – at a time, when the existence of atoms was not yet universally accepted.

Constants

Physics

Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution

Boltzmann entropy formula

Laws

Stefan-Boltzmann law

Boltzmann’s H theorem

Tools

Boltzmann transport equation

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