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Nikhil Rajagopalan
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Dear Experts,
We compute Cv for gases using the idea of equipartition principle and degrees of freedom. In case of a diatomic molecule, there are minimum 3 degrees of freedom (at very low temperatures) and maximum 6 degrees of freedom one of them being vibrational (at high temperatures. Does it imply that Cv can only have discrete values that correspond to (3/2)R , (5/2)R and (7/2)R? Is the value completely independent of the nature and the property of the atoms making the molecule?
We compute Cv for gases using the idea of equipartition principle and degrees of freedom. In case of a diatomic molecule, there are minimum 3 degrees of freedom (at very low temperatures) and maximum 6 degrees of freedom one of them being vibrational (at high temperatures. Does it imply that Cv can only have discrete values that correspond to (3/2)R , (5/2)R and (7/2)R? Is the value completely independent of the nature and the property of the atoms making the molecule?