Abstract
The molecules of polyatomic gases have internal variables that are associated with their internal energy states, namely: (a) the rotational state, (b) the vibrational state, (c) the electronic state and (d) the nuclei state.
Monatomic and polyatomic gases differ from each other concerning the behaviors of the specific heat at constant volume c v and the ratio of the coefficients of thermal conductivity and shear viscosity λ/μ. These two differences will be explained below.
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Kremer, G.M. (2010). Polyatomic Gases. In: An Introduction to the Boltzmann Equation and Transport Processes in Gases. Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11696-4_5
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