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A sealed container holds 5 moles of a diatomic gas. A. Calculate the heat capacity of one molecule of this gas, and then the heat capacity of the whole sample, assuming all quadratic degrees of freedom are available. B. Suppose the gas is oxygen (with molar mass 32 g/mol). Use your result above to compute the specific heat of oxygen. C. Look up the empirically measured specific heat of O2 gas at 300 K and compare with your answer. Are we correct in assuming all the degrees of freedom are available? Explain why or why not.

          A sealed container holds 5 moles of a diatomic gas.
A. Calculate the heat capacity of one molecule of this gas, and then the heat capacity of the
whole sample, assuming all quadratic degrees of freedom are available.
B. Suppose the gas is oxygen (with molar mass 32 g/mol). Use your result above to compute
the specific heat of oxygen.
C. Look up the empirically measured specific heat of O2 gas at 300 K and compare with
your answer. Are we correct in assuming all the degrees of freedom are available?
Explain why or why not.

A sealed container holds 5 moles of a diatomic gas.
A. Calculate the heat capacity of one molecule of this gas, and then the heat capacity of the
whole sample, assuming all quadratic degrees of freedom are available.
B. Suppose the gas is oxygen (with molar mass 32 g/mol). Use your result above to compute
the specific heat of oxygen.
C. Look up the empirically measured specific heat of O2 gas at 300 K and compare with
your answer. Are we correct in assuming all the degrees of freedom are available?
Explain why or why not.

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