Time- and space-summation studies of the diffusion equation: experimental test of the ergodic hypothesis

J. Iturbe; S. L. Allman; G. S. Hurst; M. G. Payne

doi:10.1016/0009-2614(83)85041-6

Time- and space-summation studies of the diffusion equation: experimental test of the ergodic hypothesis

J. Iturbe, S. L. Allman, G. S. Hurst, M. G. Payne

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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One-atom detection techniques have been used to test the equality between time and ensemble averages, following a gedanken experiment on the diffusion of atoms suggested by Einstein and Fürth. Experimental results confirmed that a system of freely diffusing atoms was ergodic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	505-509
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	94
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(83)85041-6
State	Published - Feb 4 1983

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