The molecule of a gas has three independent translational motions along with each of the three Cartesian axis. The contribution of each translation motion of a molecule towards total energy is

The molecule of a gas has three independent translational motions along with each of the three Cartesian axis. The contribution of each translation motion of a molecule towards total energy is

A
$(1 / 2) k T$
B
$(3 / 2) k T$
C
$k T$
D
$2 k T$

Solution:

The contribution of each component of translational motion is $(1 / 2) k T$ .

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