For an ideal gas,$R = \frac{2}{3} C_v$. This suggests that the gas consists of molecules which are: $[R = \text{universal gas constant}]$

  • A
    polyatomic
  • B
    diatomic
  • C
    monoatomic
  • D
    a mixture of diatomic and polyatomic molecules

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