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explain why rotational degrees of freedom do not contribute to the heat capacity at low temperature

OpenStudy (abb0t):

Because at low temperatures, they are more conformed to a structure. While at high temperatures, you're "stressing" the bonds between atoms allowing them to freely move about some dimension. |dw:1368551986748:dw|

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