(a)
Interpretation:
The electronic partition function of carbon at
Concept Introduction:
The electronic partition function can be calculated using following equation.
Where,
Degeneracy can be calculated using following formula.
Where,
(b)
Interpretation:
An expression for electronic contribution to molar internal energy has to be derived and also it has to be plotted as a function of temperature.
Concept Introduction:
The total energy of a system can be represented as follows,
Where,
Where,
The expression for partition function q is
(c)
Interpretation:
The expression
Concept Introduction:
The internal energy expression in terms of partition function can be written as follows,
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