The advantages of using the method of the grand ensembles are discussed. As a special case Saha's formula for dissociation equilibria is derived using the method of the quantum-mechanical canonical grand ensembles. One of the advantages in this case is that it is possible at each step to take stock of the simplifying assumptions made during the derivation.
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Statistical mechanics
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1955
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