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\section{Method}  I began constructing my simulation with '3D Balls Bouncing', a project from Open Processing, as a base. Starting off with a system that could already handle 3D collisions of small objects inside a container was necessary [Read [see  Failed Methods]. From there, I created small spheres with the properties of an ideal gas. Their speed was roughly determined on a Maxwell-Boltzman distribution and assuming that the most probable speed ($V_{p}$) would occur the most often (calculated using the formula $V_{p} = \sqrt{\frac{2kT}{m}}$. Next, I focused on one wall in the container and tracked each time a particle collided with the area. I could then compute the change in momentum over the area since I had the masses and velocities of the particles. I inserted the data into this formula