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Boltzmann

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Boltzmann (German) [ˈbɔltsman]
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(Biographies / Boltzmann, Ludwig (1844-1906) M, Austrian, SCIENCE: physicist) Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844-1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
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Noun1.Boltzmann - Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906)


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Further work by scientists such as James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Ruldolf Clausius led to the laws of thermodynamics, which would overturn Newton's errant rules.
The rate of this process is proportional to the 12 K phonon density which is strongly suppressed by the Boltzmann factor [e.
Address correspondence to Karl Grammer, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology, University of Vienna.
 
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