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= Solution

With vibrations frozen out, each diatomic molecule has three translational and two rotational quadratic degrees of freedom. Equipartition therefore gives
$$
E=\frac52Nk_BT.
$$
Using the ideal-gas law $pV=Nk_BT$,
$$
\boxed{H=E+pV=\frac72Nk_BT.}
$$

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