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This statistical mechanics lab explores random walks. Boltzmann's constant will be measured.
This statistical mechanics lab explores random walks. Boltzmann's constant will be measured.


====Manuals====
====References====


Experiment: [[Media:brownian_motion_manual.pdf]]
*Steve Wonnell's Write-up: [[Media:BROWNIAN_MOTION-AdvLab-Spring2023.pdf]]
Other: [[Media:Brownian_motion_1.pdf]]
*American Journal of Physics Articles
**'''[http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/ajp/71/6/10.1119/1.1542619 Nakroshis et al]'''
**'''[http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/ajp/74/6/10.1119/1.2188962 Newburgh et al]''' See appendices for concise derivations.
*NIST site where you can find viscosity data [http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/]
 
====Some Particle Tracking Software====
 
*Camera Software: Motic Images Plus 2.0 (available for PC and Mac) [http://www.motic.com/As_Support_Download/]
*Image Analysis:  ImageJ [http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/download.html]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 13 March 2023

Description

This statistical mechanics lab explores random walks. Boltzmann's constant will be measured.

References

Some Particle Tracking Software

  • Camera Software: Motic Images Plus 2.0 (available for PC and Mac) [2]
  • Image Analysis: ImageJ [3]