Question

What is the relation of Kinetic and potential energy to temperature and what kind of energy causes the gas phase to go up? Find the temperature for equilibrium.

Answer 1

1. Potential energy is 2 times kinetic energy. At high temperature, when more atoms are in higher electronic states, there is more potential energy and less kinetic energy.

2. The volume and temperature of a gas have a direct relationship. As temperature increases, volume increases, when pressure is held constant. Heating a gas increases the kinetic energy of the particles, causing the gas to expand.

3. Thermal equilibrium means that there is no heat transfer going between the bodies which means bodies are at the same temperature.