Exam 17: Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics

The figure shows a pV diagram for 4.3 g of oxygen gas (O₂) in a sealed container. The temperature T₁ of the gas in state 1 is 21°C. What are the temperatures T₃ and T₄ of the gas in states 3 and 4? The ideal gas constant is R = 8.314 J/mol ∙ K = 0.0821 L ∙ atm/mol ∙ K, and the ATOMIC weight of oxygen is 16 g/mol.

When an ideal gas increases in volume at constant pressure, the average kinetic energy of the gas molecules

3.0 moles of an ideal gas with a molar heat capacity at constant volume of 4.9 cal/(mol∙K) and a molar heat capacity at constant pressure of 6.9 cal/(mol∙K) starts at 300 K and is heated at constant pressure to 320 K, then cooled at constant volume to its original temperature. How much heat flows into the gas during this two-step process?

The figure shows the pV diagram for a certain thermodynamic process. In this process, 1500 J of heat flows into a system, and at the same time the system expands against a constant external pressure of 9.00 x 10⁴ Pa. If the volume of the system increases from 0.020 m³ to 0.050 m³, calculate the change in internal (thermal) energy of the system. If the internal (thermal) energy change is nonzero, be sure to indicate whether this energy change is positive or negative.

A substance has a melting point of 20°C and a heat of fusion of 3.9 x 10⁴ J/kg. The boiling point is 150°C and the heat of vaporization is 7.8 x 10⁴ J/kg at a pressure of 1.0 atm. The specific heats for the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases are 600 J/(kg∙K), 1000 J/(kg∙K), and 400 J/(kg∙K), respectively. The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 3.80 kg of the substance from -61°C to 128°C, at a pressure of 1.0 atm, is closest to

The walls of an ice chest are made of 2.00-mm-thick insulation having a thermal conductivity 0.00300 W/m∙K. The total surface area of the ice chest is 1.20 m². If 4.00 kg of ice at 0.00°C are placed in the chest and the temperature of the outside surface of the chest is 20.0°C, how long does it take the ice to melt under steady state conditions? The latent heat of fusion of water is 79.6 cal/g = 334 kJ/kg.

The temperature of an ideal gas in a sealed 0.40-m³ rigid container is reduced from 350 K to 270 K. The final pressure of the gas is 60 kPA. The molar heat capacity at constant volume of the gas is 28.0 J/mol · K. The heat absorbed by the gas is closest to

An ideal gas in a balloon is kept in thermal equilibrium with its constant-temperature surroundings. How much work is done by the gas if the outside pressure is slowly reduced, allowing the balloon to expand to 6.0 times its original size? The balloon initially has a pressure of 645.0 Pa and a volume of 0.10 m³. The ideal gas constant is R = 8.314 J/mol ∙ K.

In an isochoric process, the internal (thermal) energy of an ideal gas decreases by 50 J. How much heat is exchanged with the gas during this process?

A rod, with sides insulated to prevent heat loss, has one end immersed in boiling water 100°C and the other end in a water-ice mixture at 0.00°C. The rod has uniform cross-sectional area of 4.04 cm² and length of 91 cm. Under steady state conditions, the heat conducted by the rod melts the ice at a rate of 1.0 g every 34 seconds. What is the thermal conductivity of the rod? (The heat of fusion of water is

Two experimental runs are performed to determine the calorimetric properties of an alcohol that has a melting point of -10°C. In the first run, a 200-g cube of frozen alcohol, at the melting point, is added to 300 g of water at 20°C in a styrofoam container. When thermal equilibrium is reached, the alcohol-water solution is at a temperature of 5.0°C. In the second run, an identical cube of alcohol is added to 500 g of water at 20°C and the temperature at thermal equilibrium is 10°C. The specific heat of water is 4190 J/kg·K. Assume that no heat is exchanged with the styrofoam container and with the surroundings. The heat of fusion of the alcohol is closest to

A heat conducting rod, 1.40 m long, is made of an aluminum section that is 0.50 m long and a copper section that is 0.90 m long. Both sections have cross-sectional areas of of 0.00040 m². The aluminum end and the copper end are maintained at temperatures of 40°C and 280°C, respectively. The thermal conductivity of aluminum is 205 W/m∙K of copper is 385 W/m∙K. The rate at which heat is conducted in the rod is closest to

A 648-g empty iron kettle is put on a stove. How much heat. in joules. must it absorb to raise its temperature from 15.0°C to 37.0°C? (The specific heat for iron is 113 cal/kg•C°, 1 cal = 4.190 J)

An expansion process on an ideal diatomic gas has a linear path between the initial and final states on a pV diagram. The initial pressure is 300 kPa, the initial volume is 0.020 m³, and the initial temperature is 390 K. The final pressure is 160kPa and the final temperature is 310 K. The change in the internal (thermal) energy of the gas is closest to

An ideal gas initially at 300 K and occupying a volume of 20 L is adiabatically compressed. If its final temperature is 400 K and γ = 1.30, what is its final volume?

It is a well-known fact that water has a higher specific heat than iron. Now, consider equal masses of water and iron that are initially in thermal equilibrium. The same amount of heat, 30 calories, is added to each one. Which statement is true?

An adiabatic compression is performed on an ideal gas. The final pressure is equal to 0.560 times the initial pressure and the final volume equals 1.50 times the initial volume. What is the adiabatic constant for the gas?

An 80-g aluminum calorimeter contains 380 g of water at an equilibrium temperature of 20°C. A 120-g piece of metal, initially at 352°C, is added to the calorimeter. The final temperature at equilibrium is 32°C. Assume there is no external heat exchange. The specific heats of aluminum and water are 910 J/kg·K and 4190 J/kg·K, respectively. The specific heat of the metal is closest to

During an adiabatic process, 20 moles of a monatomic ideal gas undergo a temperature change from 450 K to 320 K starting from an initial pressure is 400 kPa. The ideal gas constant is R = 8.314 J/mol ∙ K. (a) What is the final volume of the gas? (b) How much heat does the gas exchange during this process? (c) What is the change in the internal (thermal) energy of the gas during this process?

An ideal gas is compressed in a well-insulated chamber using a well-insulated piston. This process is