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Keywords: DiatomicSpecHeat1.png An idealized plot of the dimensionless specific heat of a diatomic gas Below Trot the molecules behave as point particles with no internal degrees of freedom Between Trot and Tvib the particle behaves as a rigid body with two rotational degrees of freedom Above Tvib the two vibrational degrees of freedom become active Format graph Statistical mechanics Diatomic molecules |