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Offline raykel

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The Vibrational Partition Function qv calculation
« on: October 02, 2015, 06:24:48 PM »
I know how to calculate qv = 1/(1-e^-hv/kt)

but if the question state the following

The real vibrational frequencies in the activated state are 2300 cm-1 and 400 cm-1 doubly degenerate

How do i treat it when its doubly degenerate? 

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Re: The Vibrational Partition Function qv calculation
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2015, 10:21:08 AM »
There's a degeneracy coefficient in the partition coefficient expression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_function_(statistical_mechanics)

See about 1/3 of the way down the page, coefficient gj.
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