[CHM 330] Python Project

[Andrew J. Pounds]

On 10/12/22 22:00, wrote:
> Dr. Pounds,
>
> When looking over the project I saw the question about averages 
> mentioned three different averages for distributions. I remember going 
> over discrete vs continuous, but I was unsure what the third type was. 
> Is that related to partition functions?
>
> Best,
>

So there are three different average velocities that we talked about in 
class (not counting the relative velocity that was mentioned 
yesterday).  Those three averages are the

 1. average velocity
 2. most probable velocity
 3. RMS velocity

In conducting your project you are calculating an average.  By comparing 
averages calculated using the equations that were shown in class for the 
different average velocities and the average computed with your python 
program, can you tell me which average your program is computing, <v>, 
<v> MP, or <v> RMS.


When you did your Excel plot you had one bin that probably had more 
points that the other.  As we discussed in class, on the actual 
distribution function this maximum value corresponds to one of your 
velocities previously described.  How well does your Excel plot predict 
this.


Does that help?


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*/Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D./*
/Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science/
/Director of the Computational Science Program/
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