Chemical Thermodynamics 2.3 - Partition Function

Short physical chemistry lecture on the partition function.

The probability of the system being in one of the possible energy states is 1 (100%). The normalization constant for the probabilities  is the sum of the Boltzmann factors of each state. This quantity is the partition function, which contains all information about the properties of the system.

Notes Slide: http://i.imgur.com/zC5hysp.png

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