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State the law of equipartition of energy.

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According to kinetic theory, the average kinetic energy of system of molecules in thermal equilibrium at temperature T is uniformly distributed to all degrees of freedom (x = y or z directions of motion) so that each degree of freedom will get `1/2 kT ` of energy. This is called law of equipartition of energy.
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