Law of Equipartition of Energy and Specific Heat of Gas

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Law of Equipartition of Energy and Specific Heat of Gas: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Monoatomic, Diatomic and Polyatomic Molecules, Molar Kinetic Energy & Molecular Kinetic Energy etc.

Important Questions on Law of Equipartition of Energy and Specific Heat of Gas

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A flask contains Hydrogen and Argon in the ratio 2:1 by mass. The temperature of the mixture is 30°C. The ratio of average kinetic energy per molecule of the two gases KargonKhydrogen is: (Given : Atomic Weight of Ar=39.9)

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Match List I with List II:

  List I   List II
(A) 3 Translational degrees of freedom (I) Monoatomic gases
(B) 3 Translational, 2 rotational degrees of freedoms (II) Polyatomic gases
(C) 3 Translational, 2 rotational and 1 vibrational degrees of freedom (III) Rigid diatomic gases
(D) 3 Translational, 3 rotational and more than one vibrational degrees of freedom (IV) Nonrigid diatomic gases

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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The value of CP  for a monoatomic gas is 52R. Then its value of γ is (where the symbols have their usual meaning)

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To find out the degree of freedom, the expression is 

 

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A vessel contains a non-linear triatomic gas. If 50% of gas dissociate into individual atom, then find new value of degree of freedom by ignoring the vibrational mode and any further dissociation

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If water is treated like a solid, each molecule of water at temperature T will have energy equal to

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The translational kinetic energy of 1 g molecule of a gas, at temperature 300 K is R=8.31 J mol-1 K-1

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A sample of gas consists of μ1 moles of mono-atomic molecules, μ2 moles of diatomic molecules and μ3 moles of linear triatomic molecules. The gas is kept at high temperature. What is the total number of degree of freedom?

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Choose the relation between the average kinetic energy and pressure.

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

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Total number of degrees of freedom of a rigid diatomic molecule is

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

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

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When x amount of heat is given to a gas at constant pressure, it performs x3 amount of work. The average number of degrees of freedom per molecule of the gas is:

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The average translational kinetic energy of the molecules of a gas will be doubled if at constant :-

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Two ideal monatomic gases A and B at 27  and 37  are mixed. The number of moles in gas A is 2 and number of moles in gas B is 3. What will be the temperature of the mixture?

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One mole of a monoatomic gas γ1=53 is mixed with one mole of a diatomic gas γ2=75. What is the value of γ for the mixture?

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The kinetic energy of 1kg of oxygen at 300K is 1.356×106J. Find the kinetic energy of  4kg of oxygen at 400K.

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State the law of equipartition  of energy.