Law of Equipartition of Energy
Law of Equipartition of Energy: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Energy in Gases, Molar Kinetic Energy, Diatomic and Polyatomic Molecules & Specific Heat Capacity of Water etc.
Important Questions on Law of Equipartition of Energy
If water is treated like a solid, each molecule of water at temperature will have energy equal to

What is the atomicity of chlorine and argon?

The translational kinetic energy of molecule of a gas, at temperature is

An example of diatomic molecule is

Degree of freedom of a triatomic gas is? (Consider moderate temperature)

The degrees of freedom of a diatomic gas at normal temperature is:

A diatomic gas molecule has translational, rotational and vibrational degree of freedom. The is

The total number of degrees of freedom for a non-rigid diatomic molecule is equal to:

The number of translational degrees of freedom for a diatomic gas is

The gas mixture consists of 3 moles of oxygen and 5 moles of argon at temperature . Considering only translational and rotational modes, the total internal energy of the system is

Choose the relation between the average kinetic energy and pressure.

If and denote the specific heats of unit mass of nitrogen gas at constant pressure and volume respectively, then:

The mean kinetic energy of a vibrating diatomic molecule with two vibrational modes is ( Boltzman constant and Temperature)

The average energy per mole of an ideal gas of number of degrees of freedom equal to at temperature is _____.

Let be the kinetic energy of one mole of gas at temperature and at temperature . Find the value of .

A gas has volume and pressure . What is the total translational kinetic energy of all the molecules of the gas ?

The gases carbon-monoxide and nitrogen at the same temperature have kinetic energies and , respectively. Then among the following statements, which one is correct?

Calculate the ratio for a triatomic gas molecule. (Assume the molecule has translational and vibrational degrees of freedom)

According to the kinetic theory of gases, for a diatomic molecule

A gas mixture consists of moles of oxygen and moles of argon at temperature . Neglecting all vibrational modes, the total internal energy of the system is
