Homework answers / question archive / For a diatomic gas near room temperature, the internal partition function is simply the rotational partition function multiplied by the degeneracy Ze of the electronic ground state

For a diatomic gas near room temperature, the internal partition function is simply the rotational partition function multiplied by the degeneracy Ze of the electronic ground state

Physics

Share With

For a diatomic gas near room temperature, the internal partition function is simply the rotational partition function multiplied by the degeneracy Ze of the electronic ground state.

(a) Show that the entropy in this case is

S = Nk [ln (VZeZrot/NvQ) + 7/2.

Calculate the entropy of a mole of oxygen (Ze = 3) at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, and compare to the measured value.

(b) Calculate the chemical potential of oxygen in earth's atmosphere near sea level, at room temperature. Express the answer in electron-volts.g