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Quote: the definition of equal temperature is the condition of two boxes of gas that sit next to each other long enough; i.e., the same mean kinetic energy of the center-of-mass motions
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We know that if we take two boxes … start they were at what we call different … That means that they get to a condition … equal temperature is just that--the final condition when … [p. 39-9] Thus when we have two gases at … [center-of-mass] motions are equal. … Being a property of the "temperature," and not … [the mean kinetic energy] as a definition of temperature. Google-1 Google-2
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