Thermal Motion in a Solid

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In the classical model of a solid, atoms occupy fixed points in a crystal lattice and oscillate randomly around their equilibrium positions. The average amplitude of the oscillations increases with the total thermal energy of the solid. In this Demonstration, small arrows show these displacements.

Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA


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