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108 Chapter IV Gases gar28420_ch04_091-118.indd 108 Rey. Confirming Pages ic Using classical statistical mechanics, one can derive the theorem of the equipartition of energy. According to this theorem, kT/2 of energy is associated with each quadratic term in the expression for the energy.' Thus…