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During the summer of 2001, I worked with Dr. Jan Tobochnik of the "K" Physics
Department writing Java Applets for Physics education. Another student,
Michael Mayers, also worked on the development of these applets. This page contains
an example of one of the applets. Before running the applet, you
should know that I have only tested it on Internet Explorer 6. When
you run the applet, it will launch 3 windows. Two belong to the applet.
The third window is requried to close the applet. Simply close this
third window to quit the applet.
You'll probably also want to read the following information before
clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. When changing
a value in the applet, remember to hit enter afterwards.
Notes on the control panel:
To see all of the text fields, resize the control panel window. If some of the text fields appear distorted, minimize the control panel window and then re-open the window.
Buttons:
Faster and slower change how often update is called, meaning that they only change how often the molecules are displayed. They don't actually affect the data.
Reset averages will reset the time-averages for time, temperature, pressure, and the Boltzmann Ratio.
Text fields:
To change a value in a text field, click stop, change the value and then hit enter. The following text fields can be changed: number of particles, potential difference, and Boltzmann Ratio.
Launch the Java Applet.
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