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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019/Book%3A_Physics_(Boundless)/08%3A_Linear_Momentum_and_Collisions/8.16%3A_Collisions
      In an inelastic collision the total kinetic energy after the collision is not equal to the total kinetic energy before the collision.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Prince_Georges_Community_College/PHY_2030%3A_General_Physics_II/12%3A_Temperature_and_Kinetic_Theory/12.1%3A_Introduction
      The kinetic theory of gases describes a gas as a large number of small particles (atoms and molecules) in constant, random motion.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_I_(2211)/12%3A_Temperature_and_Heat/12.05%3A_Heat_Capacity_and_Equipartition_of_Energy
      The only new feature is that you should determine whether the case just presented—ideal gases at constant volume—applies to the problem. (For solid elements, looking up the specific heat capacity is g...The only new feature is that you should determine whether the case just presented—ideal gases at constant volume—applies to the problem. (For solid elements, looking up the specific heat capacity is generally better than estimating it from the Law of Dulong and Petit.) In the case of an ideal gas, determine the number d of degrees of freedom from the number of atoms in the gas molecule and use it to calculate CV (or use CV to solve for d).
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019v2/Book%3A_Custom_Physics_textbook_for_JJC/12%3A_Temperature_and_Kinetic_Theory/12.02%3A_Introduction
      The kinetic theory of gases describes a gas as a large number of small particles (atoms and molecules) in constant, random motion.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Prince_Georges_Community_College/PHY_1030%3A_General_Physics_I/07%3A_Linear_Momentum_and_Collisions/7.3%3A_Collisions
      In an inelastic collision the total kinetic energy after the collision is not equal to the total kinetic energy before the collision.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019v2/Book%3A_Custom_Physics_textbook_for_JJC/09%3A_Linear_Momentum_and_Collisions/9.16%3A_Collisions
      In an inelastic collision the total kinetic energy after the collision is not equal to the total kinetic energy before the collision.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Physics_(Boundless)/7%3A_Linear_Momentum_and_Collisions/7.3%3A_Collisions
      In an inelastic collision the total kinetic energy after the collision is not equal to the total kinetic energy before the collision.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019v2/Book%3A_Custom_Physics_textbook_for_JJC/12%3A_Temperature_and_Kinetic_Theory/12.06%3A_The_Kinetic_Theory_of_Gases/Heat_Capacity_and_Equipartition_of_Energy
      Summary Every degree of freedom of an ideal gas contributes 12kBT  per atom or molecule to its changes in internal energy. Every degree of freedom contributes 12R to its mol...Summary Every degree of freedom of an ideal gas contributes 12kBT  per atom or molecule to its changes in internal energy. Every degree of freedom contributes 12R to its molar heat capacity at constant volume CV and do not contribute if the temperature is too low to excite the minimum energy dictated by quantum mechanics. Therefore, at ordinary temperatures d=3 for monatomic gases, d=5 for diatomic gases, and d6 for polyatomic gases.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019/Book%3A_Physics_(Boundless)/11%3A_Temperature_and_Kinetic_Theory/11.06%3A_The_Kinetic_Theory_of_Gases/Heat_Capacity_and_Equipartition_of_Energy
      Summary Every degree of freedom of an ideal gas contributes 12kBT  per atom or molecule to its changes in internal energy. Every degree of freedom contributes 12R to its mol...Summary Every degree of freedom of an ideal gas contributes 12kBT  per atom or molecule to its changes in internal energy. Every degree of freedom contributes 12R to its molar heat capacity at constant volume CV and do not contribute if the temperature is too low to excite the minimum energy dictated by quantum mechanics. Therefore, at ordinary temperatures d=3 for monatomic gases, d=5 for diatomic gases, and d6 for polyatomic gases.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/University_Physics_(OpenStax)/University_Physics_II_-_Thermodynamics_Electricity_and_Magnetism_(OpenStax)/02%3A_The_Kinetic_Theory_of_Gases/2.04%3A_Heat_Capacity_and_Equipartition_of_Energy
      Summary Every degree of freedom of an ideal gas contributes 12kBT  per atom or molecule to its changes in internal energy. Every degree of freedom contributes 12R to its mol...Summary Every degree of freedom of an ideal gas contributes 12kBT  per atom or molecule to its changes in internal energy. Every degree of freedom contributes 12R to its molar heat capacity at constant volume CV and do not contribute if the temperature is too low to excite the minimum energy dictated by quantum mechanics. Therefore, at ordinary temperatures d=3 for monatomic gases, d=5 for diatomic gases, and d6 for polyatomic gases.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019/Book%3A_Physics_(Boundless)/11%3A_Temperature_and_Kinetic_Theory/11.02%3A_Introduction
      The kinetic theory of gases describes a gas as a large number of small particles (atoms and molecules) in constant, random motion.

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