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On 09/01/2012 08:17 PM, wrote:
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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color:
#000000;font-size: 10pt;">On problem 9.6 in Silbey, what do they
mean by translational energy? Is it just 1/2mv^2? Why is it per
mol?</div>
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It is 1/2 mv^2 -- but for some reason they want you to report the
value for an entire mole of H_2, so just multiply your result by
avogadro's number.<br>
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Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds@theochem.mercer.edu">pounds@theochem.mercer.edu</a>)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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