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Using the law of equipartition of energy, calculate the total energy of one mole of monoatomic, diatomic and triatomic gases?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 11 May, 2015, 14:26: PM
According to the law of equipartition of energy, the energy is equally distributed among all the degrees of freedom and that is equal to 1/2 kT. Therefore, if the degrees of freedom of gas molecules are f then internal energy of 1 mole of gas will be
, where N is the Avogadro number.
Atomicity |
Degrees of freedom |
U |
Monoatomic gas |
3 |
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Diatomic gas |
5 |
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Angular triatomic gas |
6 |
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Linear triatomic gas |
7 |
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Answered by | 11 May, 2015, 16:26: PM
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