Consider the model of the diatomic gas oxygen (O2) shown in Figure 9.3. (a) Assuming the...

Consider the model of the diatomic gas oxygen (O₂) shown in Figure 9.3. (a) Assuming the atoms are point particles separated by a distance of 0:85 nm, find the rotational inertia 4 for rotation about the x axis.

(b) Now compute the rotational inertia of the molecule about the z axis, assuming almost all of the mass of each atom is in the nucleus, a nearly uniform solid sphere of radius (c) Compute the rotational energy associated with the first quantum level for a rotation about the x axis. (d) Using the energy you computed in. (c), find the quantum number needed to reach that energy level with a rotation about the z axis. Comment on the result in light of what the equipartition theorem predicts for diatomic molecules.