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How would I go about finding the ratios between these 3 different types of Kinetic energy--

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I'm sure it has to do with the moment of inertia, mass and molecular bond, but only being through Chem112 i am not sure where to start. I am just looking for the 5% ballpark. Are there any assumptions I need to make.

Anything helps, Thanks a Bunch

2007-07-31 17:26:45 · 1 answers · asked by ericnutsch 5 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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Each degree of freedom of a substance takes a net (1/2)kT of thermal energy.

k is Boltzmann's constant, T is absolute temperature, (Kelvin).

This means the ratio is 1:1:1

This result is aptly known as the equipartition theorem.

2007-07-31 18:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by supastremph 6 · 1 0

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