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query intro set substance, water, both temperatures and masses known, final temperature known, find spec ht

Explain how the final temperature of the system is combined with the known initial temperatures and masses of both substances to obtain the unknown specific heat

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Your Solution:

We know that whatever energy one object loses the other will gain. Therefore dQ1+ dQ2=0

dQ= m c `dT

so m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2=0

all these are known except c2 the specific heat of the substance and is a simple solving for the unknown

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** The change in the thermal energy of an isolated system is 0. So assuming that the systems are isolated the thermal energy change of one object is equal and opposite to that of the other.

For an ideal substance the change in the thermal energy of an object is directly proportional to the change in its temperature and to its mass (i.e., more mass and more change in temperature implies more change in thermal energy). The specific heat is the proportionality constant for the substance. Using `dQ for the change in the thermal energy of an object we can express this as

• `dQ = mass * specific heat * `dT.

(General College and University Physics students note that most substances do not quite behave in this ideal fashion; for most substances the specific heat is not in fact strictly constant and for most substances changes with temperature.)

For two objects combined in a closed system we have `dQ1 + `dQ2 = 0, which gives us the equation

• m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2 = 0

or equivalently

• m1 c1 `dT1 = - m2 c2 `dT2.

That is, whatever energy one substance loses, the other gains.

In this situation we know the specific heat of water, the two temperature changes and the two masses. We can therefore solve this equation for specific heat c2 of the unknown substance. **

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Question: prin and gen problem 14.3: 2500 Cal per day is how many Joules per day? At a dime per kilowatt hour, how much would this cost?

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One Cal (with capital C) is about 4200 Joules, so 2500 Cal is about 4200 * 2500 Joules = 10,500,000 Joules.

A watt is a Joule per second, a kilowatt is 1000 Joules / second and a kiliowatt-hour is 1000 Joules / second * 3600 seconds = 3,600,000 Joules.

10,500,000 Joules / (3,600,000 Joules / kwh) = 3 kwh, rounded to the nearest whole kwh.

This is about 30 cents worth of electricity, and a dime per kilowatt-hour.

Relating this to your physiology:

• You require daily food energy equivalent to 30 cents’ worth of electricity.

• It's worth noting that you use 85% of the energy your metabolism produces just keeping yourself warm.

• It follows that the total amount of physical work you can produce in a day is worth less than a dime.

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Question: prin phy and gen phy problem 14.07 how many Kcal of thermal energy would be generated in the process of stopping a 1200 kg car from a speed of 100 km/hr?

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NOTE: The given solution is based on student solutions for a previous edition of the text, in which the mass of the car was 1000 kg and its initial velocity 100 km/hr. The adjustments for the current mass and velocity (1200 kg and 95 km/hr as of the current edition) are easily made (see the student question below for a solution using these quantities).

**STUDENT SOLUTION for 1000 kg car at 100 km/hr WITH ERROR IN CONVERSION OF km/hr TO m/s:

The book tells that according to energy conservation

• initial KE = final KE + heat or (Q)

• 100km/hr *3600*1/1000 = 360 m/s

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT:

100km/hr *3600 sec / hr *1/ (1000 m / km) = 360 km^2 sec / ( m hr^2), not 360 m/s.

The correct conversion would be 100 km / hr is 100 * 1000 meters / (3600 sec) = 28 m/s or so.

STUDENT SOLUTION WITH DIFFERENT ERROR IN UNITS

Ke=0.5(1000Kg)(100Km)^2 = 5MJ

1Kcal=4186J

5MJ/4186J==1194Kcal

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT:

Right idea but 100 km is not a velocity and kg * km^2 does not give you Joules.

100 km / hr = 100,000 m / (3600 sec) = 28 m/s, approx.

so

KE = .5(1000 kg)(28 m/s)^2 = 400,000 J (approx.). or 100 Kcal (approx). **

STUDENT QUESTION:

The book and this problem originally states *1200kg* as the mass. The solution uses 1000kg, giving the answer as about 100kcal. The book uses 95km/hr, 1200kg, and gets an answer of 100kcal. This problem shows 100km/hr, with a mass of 1000kg in the solution and still an answer of 100kcal. I just want to make sure I am doing it correctly.

Where 26.39m/s should be used, I am using the conversion for this specific problem with 100km/hr = 1000m/1hr =

1hr/3600s = 27.78 ~28m/s.

KE = 1/2mv^2

= ½(1200kg)(28 m/s)^2 = 470,400kg*m/s^2 = 470,400 J

470,400J = 1 cal/4.186J = 1 kcal/1000cal = 112.37 kcal = 112kcal

INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE:

I apparently missed the change in the latest edition of the text; or perhaps I chose not to edit the student solutions posted here.

In any case your solution is good.

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Question: Openstax: The same heat transfer into identical masses of different substances produces different temperature changes. Calculate the final temperature when 1.00 kcal of heat transfers into 1.00 kg of the following, originally at 20.0ºC :

(a) water;

(b) concrete;

(c) steel; and

(d) mercury.

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The given solution will use 1 kcal / (kg C) as the specific heat of water, and will assume that the specific heat of concrete is about 1/3 this value, while that of steel is about 1/10 of this value. Your solution should used more accurate accepted values for the specific heats.

1 kcal of heat transferred into 1 kg of water will therefore raise its temperature by 1 Celsius. This is exactly what it means to say that the specific heat of water is 1 kcal / (kg C). The water will therefore end up at temperature 21 C.

The specific heat of concrete being 1/3 that of water, the same heat transferred into 1 kg of concrete will raise its temperature 3 times as much, an increase of 3 Celsius, resulting in a final temperature of 23 C.

Similar reasoning would conclude that the transfer of the same heat to 1 kg of steel would raise its temperature by 10 C, to 30 C.

We could of course use the formula

`dQ = m c `dT,

solving for `dT to get

`dT = `dQ / (m c).

In each case m would be 1.00 kg, `dQ would be 1.00 kCal, and c would depend on the substance.

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Question: Openstax: A 0.250-kg block of a pure material is heated from 20.0ºC to 65.0ºC by the addition of 4.35 kJ of energy. Calculate its specific heat and identify the substance of which it is most likely composed.

The specific heat of .250 kg of material requiring 4.35 kJ to change its temperature by 45 Celsius is

4.35 kJ / (.250 kg * 45 C) = .4 kJ / (kg C), very approximately.

Copper and zinc are two elements with a specific heat in this range.

The given information is sufficient to calculate the specific heat to 3 significant figures, and this should be sufficient to determine the substance from a table of specific heats.

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Suppose identical amounts of heat transfer into different masses of copper and water, causing identical changes in temperature. What is the ratio of the mass of copper to water?

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Your solution:

dQ= m c`dT

dq is identical so

m1 c1`dT1 = m2 c2`dT2

dT is also identical so it divides out

m1 c1 = m2 c2

m1/m2 = c2/c1

water is 1 copper is 2

c of water is 4190 c of copper is 390

m1/m2= 390/ 4190

m1/m2= 1/ 11

proportion is about 1 part water to 11 parts copper

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Given Solution: The specific heat of copper is about 1/11 that of water, so 11 times the mass of copper would be required.

This could also be formulated by an equation:

m_1 c_1 `dT_1 = m_2 c_2 `dT_2.

Since the temperature changes are identical, `dT_1 = `dT_2 so

m_1 c_1 = m_2 c_2.

Thus

m_2 / m_1 = c_1 / c_2

and the ratio of copper mass to water mass is equal to the ratio of water's specific heat to that of copper, which is

m_2 / m_1 = (4.18 J / (kg C) / (.386 J / (kg C) ), close to 1/11.

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Question: query gen phy problem 14.13 .4 kg horseshoe into 1.35 L of water in .3 kg iron pot at 20 C, final temp 25 C, final temp.

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** STUDENT SOLUTION BY EQUATION (using previous version in which the amount of water was 1.6 liters; adjust for the present 1.35 liters):

M1*C1*dT1 + M2*C2*dT2 = 0 is the equation that should be used.

0.4kg * 450J/Kg*Celcius *(25celcius -T1) + 0.3kg * 450J/kg*celcius * (25 celcius - 20 celcius) + 1.6kg *4186J/kg*celcius * (25 celcius - 20 celcius) = 0

Solve for T1, T1 = 214.8 Celsius

Solution below is 189.8 C.

GOOD STUDENT SOLUTION:

This problem is very similar to the first video experiment. You can determine in the same way the thermal energy gained by the water. The pot gains a little thermal energy too,and you have to know how many Joules are gained by a kg of the iron per degree per kg, which is the specific heat of iron (give in text). You can therefore find the energy lost by the horseshoe, from which you can find the energy lost per degree per kg.

For this problem I think we are assuming that none of the water is boiled off ass the hot horse shoe is dropped into the water. First I will find the initial temperature of the shoe.

Since water's density is 1g/ml, 1 milliliter of water will weigh 1 gram. So 1.35 Liters of water will have a mass of 1.35 kg.

1.35kg of water is heated by 5 degrees

• The specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg/degrees celsius so 4186 J / kg / C *1.35 kg * 5 C = 28255 J of energy is necessary to heat the water but since it is in equilibrium with the bucket it must be heated too.

mass of bucket = 0.30 kg

• specific heat of iron = 450 J/kg/degrees

• 450 J / kg / C * 0.30 kg * 5 C = 675 J to heat bucket

So it takes

• 675 J to heat bucket to 25 degrees celsius

• 28255 J to heat water to 25 degrees celsius

so the horse shoe transferred 675+28255 = 28930 J of energy.

Mass of horse shoe = 0.40 kg

• horse shoe is also iron

• specific heat of iron = 450 J/kg/degree

• energy transferred / mass = 28930 J / 0.40kg =72,326 J / kg

• 72 330 J / kg, at 450 (J / kg) / C, implies `dT = 72,330 J/kg / (450 J / kg / C) = 160.7 C, the initial temperature of the horseshoe.

A symbolic solution:

m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2 + m3 c3 `dT3 = 0.

Let object 1 be the water, object 2 the pot and object 3 the horseshoe. Then `dT1 = `dT2 = + 5 C, and `dT3 = 25 C - T_03, where T_03 is the initial temperature of the horseshoe.

We easily solve for `dT3:

`dT3 = - (m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2) / (m3 c3) so

`dT3 = - (m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2) / (m3 c3) = - (1.35 kg * 4200 J / (kg C) * 5 C + .3 kg * 450 J / (kg C) ) / ((.4 kg * 450 J / (kg C) ) = -160 C, approx. so

25 C - T_03 = -160 C and

• T_03 = 160 C + 25 C = 185 C, approx..

STUDENT ERROR: MISSING COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Estimate 1.60L of water = 1KG. Could not find a conversion for this anywhere.

INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE: Each of the following should be common knowledge:

• 1 liter = 1000 mL or 1000 cm^3.

• Density of water is 1 gram/cm^3 so 1 liter contains 1000 g = 1 kg.

• Alternatively, density of water is 1000 kg / m^3 and 1 liter = .001 m^3, leading to same conclusion. **

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Question: `q001. Which requires more energy, a 100 kg person climbing a hill 200 meters high or a cup of water heated from room temperature to the boiling point?

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Energy required to climb the hill would be 100 kg * 9.8m/s^2*200m=196000J

Energy to heat a cup of water…..I don’t know. Theres no specifics on this question. Then again at 4190 J/kgC and we assume room temp to be 25C then this requires 314250J for a single kg. This is far more than climbing the hill.

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Question: `q002. A container holds 4 kilograms of water, 8 kilograms of concrete and 500 grams of ice, all at 0 Celsius. The system is heated to 30 Celsius.

Place in order the heat required to raise the temperature of the these three components of the system, given common knowledge and the fact that the specific heat of concrete is about 1/3 that of water.

At about what temperature would two of these components have gained the same amount of heat?

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Your Solution:

Ice takes 3.34*10^5 J/kg to turn to water times .5 kg of ice then is 167000J

This melted ice then takes 4190J/kgC to heat to 30C so 4190*.5kg*30C=62850J

Ice Total is 229850J

Water = 4190*4kg*30C=502800J

Concrete=(4190/3)*8kg*30C=335200J

I think the ice and water are the only 2 that would intersect. Since the ice would have to absorb heat to melt before changing temp. We can set the equations equal to each other.

`dQIce=dQ water

167000J+4190*.5kg*dT=4190*4kg*dT

167000J+4190*.5kg*dT=4190*4kg*dT

39.9+.5kg*dT=4kg*dT

OK so that’s not going to work. dT is going to drop out. I have tried this several ways. I don’t know how to get it

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Question: query univ problem 18.62/18.61 / 18.60 (16.48 10th edition) 1.5 L flask, stopcock, ethane C2H6 at 300 K, atm pressure. Warm to 380 K, open system, then close and cool.

What is the final pressure of the ethane and how many grams remain? Explain the process you used to solve this problem.

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Your Solution:

Lets start with PV=nRT. We can use this to find number of moles of ethane initially. 1 atm = 101325 pa

101325 pa* 1.5L= n* 8.314 L/(mole Kelvin)*300K

N=60.9moles

Now the moles are constant we can find the new pressure when the temp is raised to 380K

P* 1.5L= 60.9M* 8.314 L/(mole Kelvin)*380K

P=128268pa

Now when we open the flask the pressure will change back to 101325 pa, this will cause the volume to change proportional to the pressure change.

P2/p1= v1/v2

128268pa/101325 pa=v2/1.5L

V2=1.9L

Now when it was opened .4 L of the ethane was lost meaning that the same proportion of the moles was lost.

0.4L/1.5L= n2/60.9M

16.2M lost leaving 44.7M of ethane

Atomic mass of carbon is about 12 and hydrogen is 1 meaning approximately 30 g of ethane per mole.

44.7M * 30g/M=1341g of ethane.

Final pressure will be

P *1.5L=44.7M*8.314 L/(mole Kelvin)*300K

P=74327.2 pa

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** use pV = nRT and solve for n.

• n = p V / (R T) = (1.03 *10^5 Pa )(1.5 * 10^-3 m^3 ) / [ (8.31 J / (mol K) )(380 K) ] = .048 mol, approx..

If the given quantities are accurate to 2 significant figures, then calculations may be done to 2 significant figures and more accurate values of the constants are not required.

The atomic masses of 2 C and 6 H add up to 30.1, meaning 30.1 grams / mol.

So total mass of the gas is initially

• m(tot) = (.048 mol)(30.1 g/mol)

• m(tot) = 1.4 g

Now if the system is heated to 380 K while open to the atmosphere, pressure will remain constant so volume will be proportional to temperature. Therefore the volume of the gas will increase to

• V2 = 1.5 liters * 380 K / (300 K) = 1.9 liters.

Only 1.5 liters, with mass 1.5 liters / (1.9 liters) * 1.4 grams = 1.1 grams, will stay in the flask.

• The pressure of the 1.1 grams of ethane is 1 atmosphere when the system is closed, and is at 380 K.

As the temperature returns to 300 K volume and quantity of gas will remain constant so pressure will be proportional to temperature.

• Thus the pressure will drop to P3 = 1 atm * 300 K / (380 K) = .79 atm, approx.. **

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Well I forgot to change the liters to m^3 and that threw me off. Probably should have used the atm version of R to begin with. Also I don’t understand how the solution went straight to the 380K part. Wouldn’t you need to know what the moles originally were in order to find the pressure at 380K?

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Question: univ phy query problem (publisher has omitted this problem from the 12th edition) 18.62 (16.48 10th edition)

A uniform cylinder is .9 meters high, and contains air at atmospheric pressure. It is fitted at the top with a tightly sealed piston.

A little bit of mercury (density 13600 kg / m^3) is poured on top of the piston, which increases the force exerted by the piston. The piston therefore descends, compressing the confined air until the pressures equalize. Mercury continues to be added, further lowering the piston and compressing the air.

If this continues long enough, mercury will spill over the top of the cylinder. How high is the piston above the bottom of the cylinder when this occurs?

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I have no idea how to go about this.

I know that I have to find the point where the pressure of the air equals the pressure of mercury coming down, but without the specifics of the size of the piston I am not sure what to do.

Pw=Pm

I peeked at the solution to give me an idea.

PV=nRT n, R and T are all constant and can be left alone. The area of the cross section is constant for both the mercury and air and can be dropped out but height is not(V= A*H).

Pm= rho(density) *g(gravity)*V

Pm= rho *g*A*h2

So now we have

Pw=Pm

P* A* h1 = rho *g*A*h2

Area drops out

P*h1 = rho*g*h2

Now we can eliminate one of the h by making it reference the other. So h1= 0.9m-h2

P*(0.9m-h2)= rho*g*h2

I just realized that there would be atm pressure on the mercury side as well.

P*(0.9m-h2)= P +rho*g*h2

P*(0.9m-h2)= P+13600 kg / m^3*9.8m/s^2*h2

(0.9m-h2) P= P+133280*h2

p0.9m-ph2 = P+133280*h2

-.1mP-Ph2=133280*h2

I don’t know where to go from here.

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** Let y be the height of the mercury column.

Since

• T and n for the gas in the cylinder remain constant we have P V = constant, and

• cross-sectional area remains constant V = A * h, where h is the height of the air column,

we have P * h = constant. Thus

• P1 h1 = P2 h2, with

P1 = atmospheric pressure = Patm and

h1 = .9 m, P2 = Patm + rho g y.

Mercury spills over when the depth of the mercury plus that of the air column is .9 m, at which point h2 = h1 - y. So the equation becomes

• Patm * h1 = (Patm + rho g y) * (h1 - y).

We can solve this equation for y (the equation is quadratic).

We obtain two solutions:

• one solution is y = 0; this tells us what when there is no mercury (y = 0) there is no deflection below the .9 m level.

• The other solution is

y = (g•h1•rho - Pa)/(g•rho) = .140 m,

which tells us that .140 m of mercury will again bring us to .9 m level.

We might assume that this level corresponds to the level at which mercury begins spilling over. To completely validate this assumption we need to show that the level of the top of the column will be increasing at this point (if the height is not increasing the mercury will reach this level but won’t spill over).

• The level of the top of the mercury column above the bottom of the cylinder can be regarded as a function f (y) of the depth of the mercury.

• If mercury depth is y then the pressure in the cylinder is Patm + rho g y and the height of the gas in the cylinder is Patm / (Patm + rho g y ) * h1. The level of the mercury is therefore

f(y) = Patm / (Patm + rho g y) * h1 + y

The derivative of this function is f ' ( y ) = 1 - Patm•g•h1•rho/(g•rho•y + Patm)^2, which is a quadratic function of y.

Multiplying both sides by (rho g y + Patm)^2 we solve for y to find that y = sqrt(Patm)•(sqrt(g* h1 * rho) - sqrt(Patm) )/ (g•rho) = .067 m approx., is a critical point of f(y).

The second derivative f '' (y) is 2 Patm•g^2•h1•rho^2/(g•rho•y + Patm)^3, which is positive for y > 0.

This tells us that any critical point of f(y) for which y > 0 will be a relative minimum.

So for y = .0635 m we have the minimum possible total altitude of the air and mercury columns, and for any y > .0635 m the total altitude is increasing with increasing y.

This proves that at y = .140 m the total height of the column is increasing and additional mercury will spill over.

To check that y = .140 m results in a total level of .9 m:

• We note that the air column would then be .9 m - .140 m = .760 m, resulting in air pressure .9 / .760 * 101300 Pa = 120,000 Pa.

• The pressure due to the .140 m mercury column is 19,000 Pa, which when added to the 101,300 Pa of atmospheric pressure gives us 120,000 Pa, accurate to 3 significant figures.

The gauge pressure will be 19,000 Pa.

A more direct but less rigorous solution:

The cylinder is originally at STP. The volume of the air in the tube is inversely proportional to the pressure and the altitude of the air column is proportional to the volume, so the altitude of the air column is inversely proportional to the pressure.

If you pour mercury to depth y then the mercury will exert pressure rho g y = 13,600 Kg/m^3 * 9.8 m/s^2 * y = 133,000 N / m^3 * y.

Thus the pressure in the tube will thus be atmospheric pressure + mercury pressure = 101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * y. As a result the altitude of the air column will be the altitude of the air column when y cm of mercury are supported:

• altitude of air column = atmospheric pressure / (atmospheric pressure + mercury pressure) * .9 m =101,000 N/m^2 / (101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * y) * .9 m.

At the point where mercury spills over the altitude of the air column will be .9 m - y. Thus at this point

• 101,000 N/m^2 / (101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * y) * .9 m = .9 m - y.

This equation can be solved for y. The result is y = .14 m, approx.

The pressure will be 101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * .14 m = 120,000 N/m^2.

The gauge pressure will therefore be 120,000 N/m^2 - 101,000 N/m^2 = 19,000 N/m^2. **

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