Equipartition Theorem -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Thermodynamics "> Thermodynamic Ensembles v

Equipartition Theorem

A system has an average energy of for each quadratic term appearing in its Hamiltonian. Thus, each translational or rotational component of the random thermal motion of a molecule has an average kinetic energy of .

Kinetic Energy