How many microstates are possible for a molecule?

1 Answer
Truong-Son N.
Jun 4, 2018

Usually #10^6# #~# #10^10# PER MOLECULE at #"298.15 K"#. But at any temperature, ANY integer is possible from #1# to infinity (given that they must be countable).

  • I go over what microstates are, here.
  • An example that should be easy to follow is here.
  • A simple example on #"O"_2# is here.
  • A much more detailed calculation example with methane is gone into here.
Related questions
See all questions in Entropy
Impact of this question
1368 views around the world
You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License