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what is law of equipartition of energy? please explain in simple words.

The theorem of equipartition of energy states that molecules in thermal equilibrium have the same average energy associated with each independent degree of freedom of their motion and that the energy is

The equipartition result 

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 IT STATES THAT FOR A DYNAMIC SYSTEM IN THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM, THE ENERGY OF THE SYSTEM IS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONGST VARIOUS DEGREES OF FREEDOM AND ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH DEGREE OF FREEDOM IS I/2 KBT WHERE KB IS BOLTZMANN'S CONSTANT.  THIS IS THE EXACT DEFINITION OF LAW OF EQUIPARTITION OF ENERGY

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Law of equipartition states that, in a dynamic system the energy gets distributed amongst various degrees of freedom and energy associated with each degree is given by 1/2 KbT where Kb is Boltzmann Constant. For example - Degrees of freedom for diatomic gas is 5. Therefore, the energy related with these degrees of freedom is 5/2 KbT. Please thumbs up.
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The theorem of equipartition of energy states that molecules in thermal equilibrium have the same average energy associated with each independent degree of freedom of their motion
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