To: Recovering_Democrat
You asked if the mass change could be due to a change in entropy. The Pt-Ir alloy has a stable crystal structure. 50 µg of mass is worth 4.5*109J of energy. An entropy change is a configurational energy change at some temp T. See the problem?
60 posted on
09/12/2007 3:28:52 PM PDT by
spunkets
("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
To: spunkets
61 posted on
09/12/2007 3:32:35 PM PDT by
decimon
To: spunkets
The Pt-Ir alloy has a stable crystal structure. 50 µg of mass is worth 4.5*109J of energy. An entropy change is a configurational energy change at some temp T. See the problem? uh... no..? :-)
66 posted on
09/12/2007 3:35:49 PM PDT by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: spunkets
The Pt-Ir alloy has a stable crystal structure. 50 µg of mass is worth 4.5*109J of energy. An entropy change is a configurational energy change at some temp T. See the problem? No.
82 posted on
09/12/2007 6:16:50 PM PDT by
Recovering_Democrat
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