Brownian Motion

Description

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

References

• Steve Wonnell's Write-up: Media:brownian_motion_manual_2015.pdf (OLD Media:brownian_motion_manual.pdf)
• American Journal of Physics Articles
  • Nakroshis et al
  • Newburgh et al See appendices for concise derivations.
• NIST site where you can find viscosity data [1]

Some Particle Tracking Software

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