[QUE/SM-02009] SM-PROBLEM

The article ( Physics Today 32,(2000) by Elliot Lieb and Jacob Yngvason  titled " A Fresh Look at Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics") write "... We use it to calculate entropy, specific and latent heat, phase transition properties, transport coefficients , and so on,with great accuracy.

Important examples abound, such as Max Planck's realization that by staring into the furnace he could find Avogadro's number and Linus Pauling's highly accurate back of the envelope calculation of the residual entropy of Ice.

" What method could Max Planck used to get the Avogadro number?

(  Linus Pauling's calculation will be discussed later.)

Please read the article by Lieb and Yngvason, it only 6 page long.

HSMani