Calculate the approximate temperatures at which the following energy storage modes of a nitrogen molecule become “unfrozen” (that is, when their heat capacities become at least half their respective maximum values). (a) The kinetic energy mode (ϵϵ ~ 10–7 eV) Temperature: ____  mK   (b) The rotational energy mode (ϵϵ ~ 0.00025 eV) Temperature: _____ K (c) The vibrational energy mode (ϵϵ ~ 0.29 eV) Temperature:  _____K

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Calculate the approximate temperatures at which the following energy storage modes of a nitrogen molecule become “unfrozen” (that is, when their heat capacities become at least half their respective maximum values).


(a) The kinetic energy mode (ϵϵ ~ 10–7 eV)

Temperature: ____  mK

 

(b) The rotational energy mode (ϵϵ ~ 0.00025 eV)

Temperature: _____ K


(c) The vibrational energy mode (ϵϵ ~ 0.29 eV)

Temperature:  _____K

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