7. Molecular oxygen (O2) has a vibrational state transition energy of approximately 250 meV. a) Calculate the relative populations of the vibrational ground state and first excited states of a collection of O2 molecules at 300 K. b) Calculate the probability of finding an O₂ molecule in its vibrational ground state at 1200 K.

7. Molecular oxygen (O2) has a vibrational state transition energy of approximately 250 meV. a) Calculate the relative populations of the vibrational ground state and first excited states of a collection of O2 molecules at 300 K. b) Calculate the probability of finding an O₂ molecule in its vibrational ground state at 1200 K.

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Chapter9: Condensed Matter Physics

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