Is There a Name for the Relation Between Energy and Degrees of Freedom?

pivoxa15 · 2007-03-26T10:26:23+00:00

.5m =(f/2)kT f is the no. of degrees of freedom.

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pivoxa15

.5m<v^2>=(f/2)kT

f is the no. of degrees of freedom.

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vanesch

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I think it is called the equipartition theorem.

Mentz114

Yes, the equipartition theorem is stated thus

'the average kinetic energy per degree of freedom is 1/2kT'