[CHM 330] Python Project
Andrew J. Pounds
pounds_aj at mercer.edu
Thu Oct 13 07:38:25 EDT 2022
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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