The oxygen molecule O 2 has a mass of 5.30 x 10 -26 kg and a rotational

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The oxygen molecule O2 has a mass of 5.30 x 10-26 kg and a rotational inertia of 1.94 x 10-46 kg-m2 about an axis through the center of the line joining the atoms and perpendicular to that line. Suppose the center of mass of an Omolecule in a gas has a translational speed of 500 m/s and the molecule has a rotational kinetic energy that is 2/3 of the translational kinetic energy of its center of mass. What then is the molecule's angular speed about the center of mass?

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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