The oxygen molecule has a mass of 5.30 x 10-26 k g and a moment of inertia of 1.94 × 10-46 kg m? about an axis through its centre perpendicular to the lines 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.

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The oxygen molecule has a mass of 5.30 × 10'
-26 kg
and a moment of inertia of 1.94 × 10-46 kg m?
about an axis through its centre perpendicular to
the lines 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.
Transcribed Image Text:The oxygen molecule has a mass of 5.30 × 10' -26 kg and a moment of inertia of 1.94 × 10-46 kg m? about an axis through its centre perpendicular to the lines 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.
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