Degrees of freedom - molecule of water vapor

Thread starter Geronimo85
Start date Feb 8, 2007
Tags

Degrees Degrees of freedom Molecule Vapor Water Water vapor

AI Thread Summary

In solid form, water (H2O) has six degrees of freedom, consisting of three translational and three vibrational due to bond potential energy. When water transitions to vapor, the degrees of freedom increase significantly. In the gaseous state, each molecule has more translational freedom and additional rotational degrees of freedom, leading to a total of around 9 degrees of freedom. The phase change from solid to vapor results in a fundamental shift in molecular motion and energy distribution. Understanding these changes is crucial in thermodynamics and molecular physics.

Feb 8, 2007

Geronimo85

I understand that for H20 in solid form, each atom within the molecule has 6 degrees of freedom; 3 translational and 3 due to potential energy from bonds. Does the number of degrees of freedom change when water changes phase to a vapor?

Physics news on Phys.org

Feb 8, 2007

Geronimo85

whoops, missed the heading about posting homework questions... I'll mosey on out of here. Sorry!

Thread 'Is 'Velocity of Transport' a Recognized Term in English Mechanics Literature?'

Here are two fragments from Banach's monograph in Mechanics I have never seen the term <<velocity of transport>> in English texts. Actually I have never seen this term being named somehow in English. This term has a name in Russian books. I looked through the original Banach's text in Polish and there is a Polish name for this term. It is a little bit surprising that the Polish name differs from the Russian one and also differs from this English translation. My question is: Is there...

View full post »

Thread 'Is calling fictitious forces "not real" just about terminology?'

Hi there, im studying nanoscience at the university in Basel. Today I looked at the topic of intertial and non-inertial reference frames and the existence of fictitious forces. I understand that you call forces real in physics if they appear in interplay. Meaning that a force is real when there is the "actio" partner to the "reactio" partner. If this condition is not satisfied the force is not real. I also understand that if you specifically look at non-inertial reference frames you can...

View full post »