According to the law of equipartition of energy the molar specific heat of a diatomic gas at constant volume…

According to the law of equipartition of energy the molar specific heat of a diatomic gas at constant volume where the molecule has one additional vibrational mode is
  1. $\frac{9}{2} \mathrm{R}$
  2. $\quad \frac{5}{2} \mathrm{R}$
  3. $\quad \frac{3}{2} R$
  4. $\frac{7}{2} \mathrm{R}$

Solution

Non-rigid diatomic gas molecules have total seven degrees of freedom $\therefore \quad C_V=\frac{f}{2} R=\frac{7}{2} R$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (04 May Shift 1)

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