Question

Chlorine gas is kept in a tightly sealed cylinder. the number of degrees of freedom available for chlorine molecules is

Answer 1

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Though the chlorine atoms are placed in a tightly sealed container , they would surely move about , giving them 3 degrees of freedom.

Then they also have the space to rotate on their on axis giving them one more degree of freedom.

They can also have oscillatory motion giving Them one more degree of freedom.

All these motions can be carried out in the same time.

So totally the chlorine has 5 degrees of freedom.

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