Translation and Vibration Energy of a Molecule

Assuming the existence of an Oxygen molecule, (g), whose total energy is given by

which we write as

(see Dykstra's Physical Chemistry, A Modern Introduction, page 239). If = 1000 m/sec, = 0.5 m/sec, and = 0, and if the molecule suffers a sudden decrease in mass translation, so that its momentum is cut in half, with the energy converted into the two relative forms of energy, calculate the final value of the sum,


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