Question

What do you understand by degrees of freedom of a molecule?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

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ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴀʀ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴀ ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀꜱ ᴘʜᴀꜱᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ, ʀᴏᴛᴀᴛᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴠɪʙʀᴀᴛᴇ ɪɴ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ. ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴛʏᴘᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ, ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ, ʀᴏᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴠɪʙʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

Molecular degrees of freedom refer to the number of ways a molecule in the gas phase may move, rotate, or vibrate in space. Three types of degrees of freedom exist, those being translational, rotational, and vibrational.