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🌡️ Debye Model: Heat Capacity of Solids and Phonons (3D)

Treating a solid's vibrations as a gas of phonons, the Debye model explains why heat capacity follows a T³ law at low temperature and saturates to the Dulong-Petit value when hot.

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Treating a solid's vibrations as a gas of phonons, the Debye model explains why heat capacity follows a T³ law at low temperature and saturates to the Dulong-Petit value when hot.

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