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#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.16103 A. Compagner "Thermodynamics as the continuum limit of statistical mechanics", American Journal of Physics '''57''' pp. 106-117 (1989)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.16103 A. Compagner "Thermodynamics as the continuum limit of statistical mechanics", American Journal of Physics '''57''' pp. 106-117 (1989)] | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1621028 Daniel F. Styer "What good is the thermodynamic limit?", American Journal of Physics '''72''' pp. 25-29 (2004)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1621028 Daniel F. Styer "What good is the thermodynamic limit?", American Journal of Physics '''72''' pp. 25-29 (2004)] | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1703547 Daniel F. Styer "Erratum: "What good is the thermodynamic limit?"", American Journal of Physics '''72''' p. 1110 (2004)] | |||
[[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
[[category: statistical mechanics]] | [[category: statistical mechanics]] | ||
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The thermodynamic limit is reached as the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in a system approaches infinity. The thermodynamic behavior of a system is asymptotically approximated by the results of statistical mechanics as , and calculations using the various ensembles converge.
References
- A. Compagner "Thermodynamics as the continuum limit of statistical mechanics", American Journal of Physics 57 pp. 106-117 (1989)
- Daniel F. Styer "What good is the thermodynamic limit?", American Journal of Physics 72 pp. 25-29 (2004)
- Daniel F. Styer "Erratum: "What good is the thermodynamic limit?"", American Journal of Physics 72 p. 1110 (2004)