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Calculate the internal energy of `1 g` of oxygen STP. |
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Answer» Oxygen is a diatomic gas. The average energy per molecule is, therefore, `5/2 kT`and the average energy per mole is 5/2RT. As the molecular weight of oxygen has `n= 1g / 32 g mol^(-1) = 1/ 32mol. The temperature of oxygen is 273 K. Thus, the internal energy is U `=n (5/2 RT)` `=( 1 /32 mol) (5/2) (8.31 J K^(-1) mol^(-1) (273 K ) 177 J`. |
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