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Wize University Physics Textbook (Master) > Thermodynamics
Equi-Partition Theorem [Content Coming Soon]
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Temperature is a measure of average kinetic energy of particles in a substance.
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More Equi-Partition Theorem [Content Coming Soon] Questions:
The Boltzmann energy distribution is given by:
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P(E) dE = constant \sqrt{E}e^{-\dfrac{E}{kT}}dE
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What is the most probable energy in this distribution?
What happens to the internal energy if temperature of a system becomes double?
According to equipartition theorem each degree of freedom contributes
1/2kT
energy to the system.