Re: temperature of flowing fluid

[Robert B Zannelli <Spinoza321@AOL.COM>]

In a message dated 3/9/02 5:24:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, jsd@MONMOUTH.COM
writes:

<< I wrote:
>  There is such a thing as a
> Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, which differs from the
> plain old Boltzmann distribution by a uniform shift in velocity.

 Robert B Zannelli was suspicious of this.
  >>
John, not so. The Maxwell Boltzmann's equation provide an accurate
description of the energy distribution of a gas in equilibrium. Just like his
work concerning the propagation of electromagnetic energy which was a first
hint of relativity, his work on energy distribution may be a first hint of
energy quantization. My only suspicion was that this did not effect the
measure of temperature as a function of translational kinetic energy. At
least as far as I know.

Bob Zannelli