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What does Boltzmann distribution tell us?(a) Energy levels(b) Distribution of molecules at different energy levels(c) Distribution of electrons in a molecule(d) Magnitude of different energy levels of a moleculeThis question was addressed to me in examination.I would like to ask this question from Boltzmann Distribution in section Properties of High Temperature Gases of Aerodynamics

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The correct choice is (B) Distribution of molecules at DIFFERENT ENERGY levels

To ELABORATE: The Boltzmann distribution is a probability distribution of how molecules are at different energy levels. It is given by:

N\(_j^*\) = N\(\frac {g_j e^{- \frac {ε_j^{‘}}{kT}}}{∑_jg_j e^{ – \frac {ε_j^{‘}}{kT}}} \)

Where, ε\(_j^{‘}\) is total energy

gj are the degenerate states

N are the number of molecules



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