On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat

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"On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that provided a theoretical explanation of Brownian motion, offering strong evidence for the existence of atoms and molecules.

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Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen	2
"On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat"	1
Einstein theory of Brownian motion	1
On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	journal article ⓘ physics paper ⓘ scientific paper ⓘ
associatedWithScientist	Jean Perrin ⓘ Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ
author	Albert Einstein ⓘ
contribution	link between observable Brownian motion and molecular agitation ⓘ quantitative relations for particle displacement in fluids ⓘ support for atomic theory via measurable fluctuations ⓘ theoretical explanation of Brownian motion ⓘ
era	early 20th century physics ⓘ
field	physical chemistry ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ thermodynamics ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped establish reality of atoms in early 20th century physics ⓘ
impact	foundation for modern stochastic processes in physics ⓘ influenced development of physical chemistry and colloid science ⓘ provided a method to estimate Avogadro's number from Brownian motion data ⓘ
influenced	Jean Perrin's experimental work on Brownian motion ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
method	application of kinetic theory to suspended particles ⓘ statistical treatment of particle trajectories ⓘ
originalTitle	On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen
partOf	Einstein's annus mirabilis papers ⓘ
predicts	dependence of particle motion on temperature ⓘ dependence of particle motion on viscosity of the liquid ⓘ mean squared displacement proportional to time ⓘ
providesEvidenceFor	existence of atoms ⓘ existence of molecules ⓘ
publicationYear	1905 ⓘ
relatedConcept	Einstein–Smoluchowski relation ⓘ surface form: Einstein relation for diffusion diffusion coefficient ⓘ osmotic pressure ⓘ
relatedTo	kinetic theory of gases ⓘ statistical description of thermal fluctuations ⓘ
relatesToConstant	Avogadro constant ⓘ Boltzmann constant ⓘ
topic	Brownian motion ⓘ diffusion ⓘ molecular-kinetic theory of heat ⓘ random motion of particles ⓘ
yearOfEinsteinsAnnusMirabilis	1905 ⓘ

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Albert Einstein → notableWork → On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat ⓘ

On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat → originalTitle → On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen

Annalen der Physik → einsteinPaperPublished → On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen

Einstein's annus mirabilis papers → hasPart → On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat ⓘ

this entity surface form: "On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat"

Stokes–Einstein relation → derivedFrom → On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Einstein theory of Brownian motion