Chapter 7: Problem 26
Explain why the heat capacities of methane and ethane differ from the values expected for an ideal monatomic gas and from each other. The values of \(C_{P}\) are \(35.31 \mathrm{~J} \cdot \mathrm{K}^{-1} \cdot \mathrm{mol}^{-1}\) for \(\mathrm{CH}_{4}\) and \(52.63 \mathrm{~J} \cdot \mathrm{K}^{-1} \cdot \mathrm{mol}^{-1}\) for \(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{6}\).
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