Modes and degrees of freedom

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Answer

   2

   Question

   How many energy modes does one vibrational frequency have?

2. Answer

   2

   Question

   Energy per mode is (1/x) kB T. What is x?

3. Answer

   3

   Question

   A monatomic gas has how many translational degrees of freedom?

Instructions

Work it out, key the number in, then press enter.

Explanation