Ideal gas: Energy
The energy of the ideal gas is given by (Hill Eq. 4-16)
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This energy is all kinetic energy, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 1/2 kT} per degree of freedom, by equipartition. This is because there are no intermolecular forces, thus no potential energy.
References
- Terrell L. Hill "An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics" 2nd Ed. Dover (1962)