Consider an object (object $A$ ) whose multiplicity is always 1 , no matter how much energy you put into it. If you put a very large amount of energy into such an object, and place it into thermal contact with an Einstein solid (object $B$ ) having the same number of atoms but much less energy, what will happen? (Hint: Imagine a macropartition table for such a pair of objects.)
A) Energy flows from $A$ to $B$ until $A$ has very little energy.
B) Energy flows from $B$ to $A$ until $B$ has very little energy.
C) Energy flows from $A$ to $B$ until both objects have the same energy.
D) No energy will flow between $A$ and $B$ at all.
E) Something else happens (describe).

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Since object $A$ has a constant multiplicity of 1 regardless of its energy, it has no entropy change with energy changes. Object $B$, an Einstein solid, will have increasing multiplicity and entropy with energy. Therefore, energy will flow from $A$ to $B$ to increase the total entropy of the system, until $A$ has very little energy.

Consider an Object (Object AAA ) Whose Multiplicity Is Always 1 , No Matter How

Consider an Object (Object $A$ ) Whose Multiplicity Is Always 1 , No Matter How