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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Kinetic Theory of Gases

The number of vibrational degrees of freedom of a diatomic molecule is

  1. A 0
  2. B 1
  3. C 2
  4. D 3
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(B) 1

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In three-dimensional space, three degrees of freedom are associated with the movement of a particle. A diatomic gas molecule thus has 6 degrees of freedom. This set may be decomposed in terms of translations, rotations, and vibrations of the molecule. The center of mass motion…
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