Why do we ignore rotational energy in monatomic gases?
16159
In counting degrees of freedom of a linear molecule, why is rotation about the axis not counted?
155640
Why is the laboratory frame energy always greater than the center of mass frame energy?
129634
Why does the kinetic energy of a particle moving in circular motion increase when the turn radius decreases and no torque is acting?
130366
Self-energy of a uniformly charged, non-conducting sphere, using energy density formula
99522
Why doesn't the work done by atmosphere contribute to increase in internal energy of gas?
50563
Kinetic energy of different phases of water
45501
Why does the negative sign arise in this thermodynamic relation?
33126
Why does the Boltzmann factor $e^{-E/kT}$ seem to imply that lower energies are more likely?
107031
Is conservation of energy only for isolated systems?
104584
Why is potential energy negative when orbiting in a gravitational field?
131166
Kinetic energy as $\pi k_B T$
129242
Is temperature a Lagrange multiplier of energy?
17121
Kinetic energy with respect to different reference frames
57239
Why is energy in a wave proportional to amplitude squared?
48756
Why are derivatives in interaction terms treated differently from derivatives in the kinetic term?
131958
Why is the potential energy equal to the negative integral of a force?
90716
Conservation of energy and wavefunctions