Consider a system of two nondegenerate energy levels separated by 3000 cm-¹. Measurement of the level populations demonstrates that there are 6 times more molecules in the ground state than in the upper state. What is the temperature of the collection?

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Consider a system of two nondegenerate energy levels separated by 3000 cm-¹. Measurement of
the level populations demonstrates that there are 6 times more molecules in the ground state than
in the upper state. What is the temperature of the collection?
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a system of two nondegenerate energy levels separated by 3000 cm-¹. Measurement of the level populations demonstrates that there are 6 times more molecules in the ground state than in the upper state. What is the temperature of the collection?
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