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Just-noticeable Differences
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jonathan Flombaum—Johns Hopkins University Psychophysics is a branch of psychology and neuroscience that tries to explain how physical quantities are translated into neural firing and mental representations of magnitude. One set of questions in this area pertains to just-noticeable differences (JND): How much does something need to change in order for the change to be perceivable? To pump intuitions about this, consider the fact that small children grow at an enormous...
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Energy and Work
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2023
Source: Ketron Mitchell-Wynne, PhD, Asantha Cooray, PhD, Department of Physics & Astronomy, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA This experiment demonstrates the work-energy principle. Energy is one of the most important concepts in science and is not simple to define. This experiment will deal with two different kinds of energy: gravitational potential energy and translational kinetic energy. Gravitational potential energy is defined as the energy an object...
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Internal Energy
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2020
The total of all possible kinds of energy present in a substance is called the internal energy (U), sometimes symbolized as E. Suppose a system with initial internal energy, Uinitial, undergoes a change in energy (transfer of work or heat), and the final internal energy of the system is Ufinal. Change in internal energy equals the difference between Ufinal and Uinitial. Although the values for Ufinal and Uinitial cannot be determined for a system, the first law of thermodynamics only...
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Gibbs Free Energy
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2020
One of the challenges of using the second law of thermodynamics to determine if a process is spontaneous is that it requires measurements of the entropy change for the system and the entropy change for the surroundings. An alternative approach involving a new thermodynamic property defined in terms of system properties only was introduced in the late nineteenth century by American mathematician Josiah Willard Gibbs. This new property is called the Gibbs free energy (G) (or simply the free...
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Energy Dynamics - Student Protocol
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2019
Caterpillar Energy Dynamics ExpandNOTE: In this lab you will grow caterpillars in conditions with and without food to examine the transfer of biomass in a typical trophic system. Weigh and record the wet mass of enough leaves of cabbage to line the bottom of a plastic tub. Then, collect two batches of five caterpillars from their cabbage habitat, and weigh and record the wet mass of each batch separately in individual weigh boats. Make sure to tare the balance before each measurement.
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The size of an energy gap corresponds to the energy carried by absorbed or emitted light. When a system changes between allowed states, the associated gap selects the wavelength involved, so measured spectral features can reveal differences between those states. This relationship makes spectroscopy useful for examining electronic behavior and identifying energy-level patterns in chemical systems.
Breaking existing bonds and forming new ones alter the energy arrangement of the reacting particles. The overall reaction energetics therefore depend on the differences between the bonds present before and after transformation. Comparing these changes helps explain whether a reaction releases or requires energy and supports interpretation of chemical stability and reactivity.
Relative energy helps distinguish more stable arrangements from less stable ones within a chemical system. A system may respond to an available energy difference by changing its molecular arrangement, transferring heat, or undergoing another transformation. These comparisons provide a basis for predicting which substances are more likely to react and how strongly reaction conditions affect their behavior.
Researchers examine the wavelengths of light absorbed or emitted by a sample and relate those features to transitions between energy states. The positions of spectral signals provide information about the separations between states, while comparisons among signals can reveal differences in electronic or molecular behavior. This approach connects measured spectra with the energetic structure of chemical systems.
Reaction energetics are interpreted by comparing the energy of the chemical system before and after transformation, including changes associated with bonds and heat exchange. The resulting differences help indicate whether energy enters or leaves the system. This information supports analysis of reaction behavior, assessment of chemical stability, and broader explanations of how substances transform.
Energy differences help explain how chemical systems respond as they approach equilibrium, because competing states and transformations are not energetically equivalent. They also provide a framework for studying substances in analytical, environmental, and materials research. In these settings, energetic comparisons can aid interpretation of spectra, reaction behavior, energy exchange, and the properties of chemical systems.