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Specific heat and degrees of freedom
Question

Match the  CP/CV ratio for ideal gases with different type of molecules :
         Molecule Type                                         CP/CV    
(A) Monatomic                                                   (I) 7/5
(B) Diatomic rigid molecules                      (II) 9/7
(C) Diatomic non-rigid molecules            (III) 4/3
(D) Triatomic rigid molecules                    (IV) 5/3

Moderate
Solution

CV=fR2,   CP=fR2+R    CPCV=f+2f,  f    is degrees of freedom.

GasTranslationRotationVibrationCPCV
Monatomic3005/3
Diatomic Rigid3207/5
Diatomic non-Rigid3229/7
Triatomic rigid3304/3

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