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The heat capacity of an ideal gas. What is the heat capacity $C_{V}$ of an ideal gas of argon atoms?
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First, we need to know the degrees of freedom for argon atoms. Argon is a monatomic gas, which means it has 3 degrees of freedom (3 translational). Show more…
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