Doubt by Mayur kamlakar kanade

A vessel contains a non linear triatomic  gas if 50% gas dissociate into individual atom then find new value of degree freedom by ignoring the vibrational modes and any further dissociation 

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Answer by Deepak Singh

 Assume that we have 1 mole of triatomic gas.

 

Therefore 3NA (Avogadro's Number) is present initially.

 

So, 0.5 moles have 1.5NA atoms.

 

Now, 1 part of 0.5 moles remains undissociated.

 

So. degree of dissociation = 0.5 x 6 = 3

 

The other 0.5 moles have 1.5NA which breaks into 3 atoms.

 

So, the total number of atoms = 0.5NA

 

Now, the degree of freedom for monoatomic gas = 3

 

So, degree of freedom for 0.5NA monoatomic particles = 1.5 x 0.5 = 0.75

 

Hence, total will be 3 + 0.75 = 3.75