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what does the 'law of quipartitional energy' says?? what is it all about?
Equipartitional Energy: Law Explained
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It comes from thermodynamics and kinetic theory. The law of equipartion of energy says that when molecules are in equilibrium the average energy associated with each degree of freedom is 1/2kT (k is Boltzmann's constant).alchemist said:what does the 'law of quipartitional energy' says?? what is it all about?
As an example take a monatomic gas. All it's atoms can do is translate (no rotational or vibrational modes), so the average energy per atom is 3/2kT, since there are three translational degrees of freedom.
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