Which species will have the largest rotational partition function: H 2 , HD, or D 2 ?

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Which species will have the largest rotational partition function: H2, HD, or D2? Which of these species will have the largest translational partition function assuming that volume and temperature are identical? When evaluating the rotational partition functions, you can assume that the high-temperature limit is valid. 

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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