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Chem Collective: Chemical Potential: Staircase Demonstration ActivityChem Collective: Chemical Potential: Staircase Demonstration Activity
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Chem Collective: Chemical Potential: Staircase Demonstration

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As we look for connection points across disciplines, we are increasingly drawn to chemical potential as the connection point. This simulation shows particles thermally distributed on a staircase. A linear increase in energy leads to an exponential decrease in particle concentration. This sets up a key aspect of chemical potential, i.e. that the chemical potential has a contribution that goes as log([concentration]).

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potential energy

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chemical potential, science simulation, staircase demonstration, chem collective, chemcollective

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