![]() The ternary diagram has some significant advantages over other graphical representations of energy distributions: an entire scenario can appear in a single plot, even when using very small time steps. Last year the lead author began using ternary diagrams in his introductory (calculus-based) physics course in a novel context-tracking the distribution of energy in a system as it transforms among three categories (e.g., gravitational, kinetic, and thermal) or transfers among three objects (e.g., inductor, capacitor, and resistor). They are familiar to mineralogists (who typically use them to categorize varieties of solid solution minerals such as feldspar) but are not yet widely used in the physics community. A ternary diagram is a graphical representation used for systems with three components. ![]()
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