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Law of Equipartition of Energy

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Q1JEE Main 2022 · 27 JUL · SHIFT 2Medium

Law of Equipartition of Energy

Which statements are correct about degrees of freedom?

(A) A molecule with n degrees of freedom has n2^{2} different ways of storing energy. (B) Each degree of freedom is associated with 12\frac{1}{2} RT average energy per mole.

(C) A monatomic gas molecule has 1 rotational degree of freedom whereas diatomic molecule has 2 rotational degrees of freedom.

(D) CH4\text{CH}_4 has a total of 6 degrees of freedom.

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Answer: (b)

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Q2JEE Main 2021 · 22 JUL · SHIFT 2Easy

Law of Equipartition of Energy

What will be the average value of energy for a monoatomic gas in thermal equilibrium at temperature T?

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Answer: (a)

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Q3JEE Main 2021 · 18 MAR · SHIFT 1Easy

Law of Equipartition of Energy

What will be the average value of energy along one degree of freedom for an ideal gas in thermal equilibrium at a temperature T? (kB is Boltzmann constant)

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Answer: (a)

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Q4JEE Main 2021 · 25 FEB · SHIFT 2Medium

Law of Equipartition of Energy

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In a diatomic molecule, the rotational energy at a given temperature obeys Maxwell's distribution.

Statement II: In a diatomic molecule, the rotational energy at a given temperature equals the translational kinetic energy for each molecule.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Answer: (c)

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Q5NEET 1989 · AIPMTEasy

Law of Equipartition of Energy

A polyatomic gas with nn degrees of freedom has a mean energy per molecule given by

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Answer: (c)

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