Introduction To Quantum Mechanics
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.18P
(a)
To determine
The temperature below which the electrons and the nuclei in the atom behave quantum mechanically.
(b)
To determine
The temperature at which the atoms in an ideal gas behave
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