Heat and Thermodynamics

Question

A mixture of one mole of monoatomic gas and one mole of a diatomic gas (rigid) are kept at room temperature …. The ratio of specific heat of gases at constant volume respectively is:

Accepted Answer

Option B. To find the ratio of specific heats at constant volume (…) of the gases, we need to understand the degrees of freedom each type of gas molecule has, as this determines their specific heat capacity at constant volume. Degrees of freedom refer to the number of independent ways in which a molecule can store energy.

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