Degrees of freedom and equipartition of energy
Compare monatomic, diatomic and polyatomic gases: U = f/2 nRT, Cv, Cp, gamma and the freezing-out of rotation and vibration.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 12. Kinetic Theory |
| NCERT section | 12.6 |
| Level | NEET level |
| Time | about 14 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: degrees of freedom · equipartition · Cv · gamma · specific heat