The oxygen molecule has a mass of 5.30 xx 10^(-26) kg and a moment of inertia of 1.94 xx 10^(-46) kg m^(2) about an axis through its centre perpendicular to the line joining the two atoms. Suppose the mean speed of such a molecule in a gas is 500 m/s and that its kinetic energy of rotation is two thirds of its kinetic energy of translation. Find the average angular velocity of the molecule.

The oxygen molecule has a mass of 5.30 xx 10^(-26) kg and a moment of

1.	The oxygen molecule has a mass of 5.30 xx 10^(-26) kg and a moment of inertia of 1.94 xx 10^(-46) kg m^(2) about an axis through its centre perpendicular to the line joining the two atoms. Suppose the mean speed of such a molecule in a gas is 500 m/s and that its kinetic energy of rotation is two thirds of its kinetic energy of translation. Find the average angular velocity of the molecule.
Answer» SOLUTION :`6.7xx10^(12)` rad/s