Ethane vs. ethene heat capacity?
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Ethane vs. ethene heat capacity?
Question: How do we know that ethane has a higher heat capacity than ethene?
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Re: Ethane vs. ethene heat capacity?
Answer: From the equipartition theorem, ethane has more degrees of freedom than ethene and therefore will have a higher heat capacity.
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Imani Johnson 1H
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Re: Ethane vs. ethene heat capacity?
What are the degrees of freedom as it relates to ethane and ethene ? How is this calculated?
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Leah Thomas 2E
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Re: Ethane vs. ethene heat capacity?
Is the degrees of freedom related to how many single and double bonds there are in the molecule?
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