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According to law of equipartition of energy the molar specific heat of a diatomic gas at constant volume where the molecule has one additional vibrational mode is :-

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Answer: (D) 72R\dfrac{7}{2}R

A diatomic gas has 5 degrees of freedom apart from vibrational degree of freedom. For each additional vibrational mode, degree of freedom is increased by 22. So new degree of freedom,
f=5+2=7f=5+2=7
Therefore, we require molar specific heat capacity at constant volume, which is given by

Cv=f2R=72R{C}_{v}=\dfrac{f}{2}R=\dfrac{7}{2}R

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