Law of Equipartition of Energy and Specific Heat of Gas
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
A flask contains Hydrogen and Argon in the ratio by mass. The temperature of the mixture is . The ratio of average kinetic energy per molecule of the two gases is: (Given : Atomic Weight of )

Match List I with List II:
List I | List II | ||
(A) | Translational degrees of freedom | (I) | Monoatomic gases |
(B) | Translational, rotational degrees of freedoms | (II) | Polyatomic gases |
(C) | Translational, rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom | (III) | Rigid diatomic gases |
(D) | Translational, rotational and more than one vibrational degrees of freedom | (IV) | Nonrigid diatomic gases |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

To find out the degree of freedom, the expression is

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

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

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

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

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:

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

Choose the wrong options.

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 _____.

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

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

Two ideal monatomic gases and at and are mixed. The number of moles in gas is and number of moles in gas is . What will be the temperature of the mixture?

One mole of a monoatomic gas is mixed with one mole of a diatomic gas . What is the value of for the mixture?

The kinetic energy of of oxygen at is . Find the kinetic energy of of oxygen at .

State the law of equipartition of energy.
