Physics 114 –Summer 2008
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in-class work, to be turned in at the end of each discussion session. No
points when absent.
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Student’s Name:_______________________ Team #______________
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1.- (a) If system A is not in thermodynamic (TD) equilibrium
with system B, and B is not in equilibrium with C, can you draw any conclusions
about the temperatures of systems A and C? Circle an answer. Yes No
(b) A thin layer of glass
does not offer much resistance to heat conduction. Yet double-glazed windows
provide substantial energy savings. Why? Answer in one phrase.
(c) What’s the dominant
mode of heat loss from a red-glow burner? ________________What’s the dominant
mode of heat transfer from burner to pan ______________________;
from bottom of pan to top of water surface_________________________
2.- Specific
Heat. A piece of copper at 300oC is dropped into 1kg of water at
20oC, if the equilibrium temperature is 250C, what is the
mass of the copper. Hints: heat loss by
copper equals heat gain by water, use specific heat values from table.
3.- Heat
Transfer. A 8m x 10m basement is built on a concrete slab 25cm thick. What
is the heat loss rate through the concrete floor if indoor temperature is
maintained at 20oC while the ground is at 10oC? Hints: use value for thermal conductivity of
concrete from table.
4.- (a)
Why are you supposed to check the pressure in a tire when the
tire is cold? One phrase answer:
(b)
Two different gases are at the same temperature, and both are at low densities
that they behave like ideal gases. Do their molecules have the same thermal
speeds? Explain in one phrase.
(c)
Why do we use the triple point of water for thermometer calibration? Why not
just the melting point or the boiling point?
5.- Gases.
A dorm room measures 3m x 3m x 2m, (a) how many air molecules does it contain (hint: assume air is an ideal gas)
(b)
What is the total translational KE of these molecules? (hint:in an ideal gas, thermal energy provide translational KE)
(c)
How is this energy compared to the KE of a 2000kg car going at 108km/h?
6.- Phase
Changes. A 250g piece of ice at 0oC is placed in a 500W
microwave oven which runs for 5 min. What is the temperature at the end of this
time? (Hint: check if total enerfy
supplied by oven can melt the ice and then increase its temperature, use heat
of transformation and specific heat for ice and water from tables)
7.- (a)
You bring a pot of water to boil, then forget about it. Ten
minutes later you come back to the kitchen to find the water still boiling.
What’s its temperature?
(b)
Why is it the specific heat at constant pressure greater than at constant
volume?
(c)
When a system is in TD equilibrium -What’s the average energy per molecule
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What’s the theorem you
used __________________
8.- TD
Processes: Isothermal. How much work does it take to compress 25 mol of an
ideal gas to half its original volume while maintaining a constant temperature
of 300 K? (Hint: for an ideal gas, the
work done along an isotherm is
proportional to thenatural log of
volumes)
9.- TD
Processes: Adiabatic. A bike pump is a 30cm long cylinder with the handle
all the way out. The pump contains air (γ=1.4) at 20oC. If the
pump outlet is blocked and the handle pushed until the internal length of the
pump cylinder is 10cm, by how much does the air temperature rise? Assume no
heat is lost. (Hint: adiabatic PVγ=constant,
write P in term of T using ideal gas equation)