Although an ordinary H2 molecule consists of two identical atoms, this is not the case for the molecule HD, with one atom of deuterium (Le., heavy hydrogen, 2H). Because of its small moment of inertia, the HD molecule has a relatively large value of E: 0.0057 eV. At approximately what temperature would you expect the rotational heat capacity of a gas of HD molecules to "freeze out," that is, to fall significantly below the constant value predicted by the equipartition theorem?

Although an ordinary H2 molecule consists of two identical atoms, this is not the case for the molecule HD, with one atom of deuterium (Le., heavy hydrogen, 2H). Because of its small moment of inertia, the HD molecule has a relatively large value of E: 0.0057 eV. At approximately what temperature would you expect the rotational heat capacity of a gas of HD molecules to "freeze out," that is, to fall significantly below the constant value predicted by the equipartition theorem?

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