Is n=1 (degrees of freedom) for monatomic?

Dayanara Terry

Dayanara Terry

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2022-07-15

Is n=1 (degrees of freedom) for monatomic?

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Isla Klein

Isla Klein

Beginner2022-07-16Added 12 answers

In the ideal gas law
P V = n R T
n is not the degrees of freedom. Instead n is the number of molecules (measured in mol). You can see this also from the unit of the gas constant
R = 8.314  m 3  Pa  K 1  mol 1

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