Thermal Physics
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A flexible balloon contains a sample of gas occupying a volume of at a temperature of under constant pressure. If the gas is heated to while keeping the pressure constant, what is the new volume of the gas in ?
A meteorological balloon filled with of helium gas is launched at sea level, where the atmospheric pressure is and the ambient temperature is . The balloon ascends to a high altitude where the external ambient pressure decreases to and the ambient temperature drops to . As the balloon expands, its elastic membrane exerts an additional pressure, causing the internal gas pressure to be higher than the surrounding ambient pressure. Assuming helium behaves as an ideal gas with a molar mass of and the molar gas constant , calculate the final volume of helium gas inside the balloon at this altitude in .
According to the kinetic theory of matter, what causes the pressure exerted by a gas on the walls of its container?
A rectangular metal sheet has an initial area of at . If the linear expansivity of the metal is , what is the final temperature required for its area to increase by ?
A high-pressure storage vessel contains a sample of gas at an initial pressure of and a temperature of . A relief valve releases one-third of the total mass of the gas while maintaining a constant internal volume. After the valve closes, the vessel and remaining gas are heated to . What is the final pressure of the gas inside the vessel?
A metal block of mass absorbs of thermal energy, causing its temperature to rise by . What is the heat capacity of the block in ?
A metallic container with an initial volume of at is filled completely with paraffin. Upon heating the container and its contents to , a volume of of paraffin spills over. Given that the linear expansivity of the metal container is , what is the real cubic expansivity of the paraffin, expressed in units of ?
A rigid vessel of fixed volume contains an ideal gas at an initial pressure of and a temperature of . Additional gas is pumped into the vessel until the total number of moles of gas is doubled. If the temperature of the gas increases to , what is the final pressure of the gas in units of ?
An electric heater rated at is immersed in a thermally insulated container holding a mixture of of ice and of liquid water in equilibrium at . The heater is operated for . Assuming negligible heat capacity for the container and no heat loss to the surroundings, what is the final equilibrium temperature of the mixture?
(Specific latent heat of fusion of ice , specific heat capacity of water )
A uniform metal rod of length and cross-sectional area has a thermal conductivity of . If a temperature difference of is maintained between its ends, what is the rate of heat flow through the rod?
A sample of gas enclosed in a rigid container exerts a pressure of with a density of . If the gas is heated at constant volume until its pressure increases to , what is the final root-mean-square (r.m.s.) speed of the gas molecules?
A thermometer calibrated on an arbitrary scale registers a lower fixed point of and an upper fixed point of . What is the true temperature in degrees Celsius () when this thermometer reads ?
An electric immersion heater rated at is used to heat of a liquid contained in a vessel of heat capacity . The initial temperature of the liquid and vessel is . If the heater is operated for and the final temperature reaches , calculate the specific heat capacity of the liquid in , assuming no thermal energy is lost to the surroundings.
A vessel of negligible heat capacity contains of a liquid at its boiling point of . An electric heating element rated at is immersed in the liquid and switched on for . If of the liquid is vaporized during this period, what is the specific latent heat of vaporization of the liquid?
When air containing unsaturated water vapour is cooled at constant atmospheric pressure without adding or removing moisture, the saturated vapour pressure of water decreases while the actual partial vapour pressure of water remains constant until the dew point is reached.
A composite furnace wall consists of two tightly joined layers of equal cross-sectional area. Layer 1 has a thickness of and thermal conductivity of . Layer 2 has a thickness of and thermal conductivity of . The outer surface of Layer 1 is maintained at and the outer surface of Layer 2 is maintained at . Under steady-state conditions, what is the rate of heat transfer per unit area through the composite wall?
An ideal gas occupies a volume of inside a rigid container. If the gas exerts a pressure of on the walls of the container, what is the total translational kinetic energy of the gas molecules in joules?
A copper rod has an initial length of at . When its temperature is increased to , its length becomes . What is the area expansivity of copper in ?
A glass flask is filled to a mark with a liquid at . If the linear expansivity of the glass is and the apparent cubic expansivity of the liquid is , what is the real cubic expansivity of the liquid?
A copper container with an initial volume of at is completely filled with oil. The real cubic expansivity of the oil is and the linear expansivity of copper is . What volume of oil (in ) will overflow when the temperature of the system is raised to ?