alleryStart learning →Who developed the molecular-scale statistical model relating entropy to microstates?
ALudwig Boltzmann
BJosiah Gibbs
CAntoine Lavoisier
DRobert Boyle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Ludwig Boltzmann
1. Entropy gained a statistical meaning from one physicist.
2. Following the work of Carnot and Clausius, Ludwig Boltzmann developed the model.
3. It was a molecular-scale statistical model.
4. It related the entropy of a system to the number of microstates possible.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 16 'Thermodynamics', sections 16.1-16.4_
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