Law of Equipartition of Energy
Law of Equipartition of Energy: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Degrees of Freedom of Gas Molecule, Translational Degree of Freedom, Molar Kinetic Energy & Molecular Kinetic Energy etc.
Important Questions on Law of Equipartition of Energy
The translational kinetic energy of molecule of a gas, at temperature is

State the types of degrees of freedom of non-rigid diatomic molecules.

Non-rigid diatomic gas molecules have both translaion and rotational degree of freedom.

Rigid diatomic molecules of gas have how many rotational degrees of freedom?

Why the maximum possible degrees of freedom are more for a non-rigid diatomic molecule as compared to a rigid diatomic molecule?

Two vibrational energy terms in the total energy of a non-rigid diatomic molecule, are present due to the kinetic energies of the two vibrating atoms.

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

There are _____ translational degrees of freedom and three rotational degrees of freedom of Ozone.

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

The number of degree of freedom for a rigid diatomic molecule 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?

A container has one mole of mono-atomic ideal gas. Each molecule has degrees of freedom. What is the ratio of .

Choose the relation between the average kinetic energy and pressure.

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


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

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?

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

State the law of equipartition of energy.

Using expression for pressure exerted by gas, deduce expression for
Kinetic energy per mole or kilomole.
