Figure 15.3 illustrates a system and its surroundings. In part a, the system gains 1500 J of heat from its surroundings, and 2200 J of work is done by the system on the surroundings. In part b, the system also gains 1500 J of heat, but 2200 J of work is done on the system by the surroundings. In each case, determine the change in the internal energy of the system.
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Is it possible (A) to cool your kitchen by leaving the refrigerator door open or (B) to cool your bedroom by putting a window air conditioner on the floor by the bed? (a) Only A is possible. (b) Only B is possible. (c) Both are possible. (d) Neither is possible.
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The first step in solving 15 problem number 25 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Is it possible (A) to cool your kitchen by leaving the refrigerator door open or (B) to cool your bedroom by putting a window air conditioner on the floor by the bed? (a) Only A is possible. (b) Only B is possible. (c) Both are possible. (d) Neither is possible.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The temperature of three moles of a monatomic ideal gas is reduced from Ti 540 K to Tf 350 K by two different methods. In the first method 5500 J of heat flows into the gas, whereas in the second, 1500 J of heat flows into it. In each case find (a) the change in the internal energy and (b) the work done by the gas.
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A gas is enclosed within a chamber that is fitted with a frictionless piston. The piston is then pushed in, thereby compressing the gas. Which statement below regarding this process is consistent with the first law of thermodynamics? (a) The internal energy of the gas will increase. (b) The internal energy of the gas will decrease. (c) The internal energy of the gas will not change. (d) The internal energy of the gas may increase, decrease, or remain the same, depending on the amount of heat that the gas gains or loses.
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One gram of water is placed in the cylinder in Figure 15.4, and the pressure is maintained at 2.0 105 Pa. The temperature of the water is raised by 31 C. In one case, the water is in the liquid phase, expands by the small amount of 1.0 108 m3 , and has a specific heat capacity of 4186 J/(kg C). In another case, the water is in the gas phase, expands by the much greater amount of 7.1 105 m3 , and has a specific heat capacity of 2020 J/(kg C). Determine the change in the internal energy of the water in each case.
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Determine the work for the process in which the pressure, volume, and temperature of a gas are changed along the straight line from X to Y in Figure 15.7.
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Is it possible for the temperature of a substance to rise without heat flowing into the substance? (a) Yes, provided that the volume of the substance does not change. (b) Yes, provided that the substance expands and does positive work. (c) Yes, provided that work is done on the substance and it contracts.
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The drawing shows a pressure-versus-volume plot for a three-step process: A : B, B : C, and C : A. For each step, the work can be positive, negative, or zero. Which answer in the table correctly describes the work for the three steps?
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The drawing shows a pressurevolume graph in which a gas expands at constant pressure from A to B, and then goes from B to C at constant volume. Complete the table by deciding whether each of the four unspecified quantities is positive (), negative (), or zero (0).
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When a solid melts at constant pressure, the volume of the resulting liquid does not differ much from the volume of the solid. According to the first law of thermodynamics, how does the internal energy of the liquid compare to the internal energy of the solid? The internal energy of the liquid is (a) greater than, (b) the same as, (c) less than the internal energy of the solid.
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Two moles of the monatomic gas argon expand isothermally at 298 K, from an initial volume of Vi 0.025 m3 to a final volume of Vf 0.050 m3 . Assuming that argon behaves as an ideal gas, find (a) the work done by the gas, (b) the change in the internal energy of the gas, and (c) the heat supplied to the gas.
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One hundred joules of heat is added to a gas, and the gas expands at constant pressure. Is it possible that the internal energy increases by 100 J? (a) Yes (b) No; the increase in the internal energy is less than 100 J, since work is done by the gas. (c) No; the increase in the internal energy is greater than 100 J, since work is done by the gas.
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A gas is compressed isothermally, and its internal energy increases. Is the gas an ideal gas? (a) No, because if the temperature of an ideal gas remains constant, its internal energy must also remain constant. (b) No, because if the temperature of an ideal gas remains constant, its internal energy must decrease. (c) Yes, because if the temperature of an ideal gas remains constant, its internal energy must increase.
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A material undergoes an isochoric process that is also adiabatic. Is the internal energy of the material at the end of the process (a) greater than, (b) less than, or (c) the same as it was at the start?
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The drawing shows an arrangement for an adiabatic free expansion or throttling process. The process is adiabatic because the entire arrangement is contained within perfectly insulating walls. The gas in chamber A rushes suddenly into chamber B through a hole in the partition. Chamber B is initially evacuated, so the gas expands there under zero external pressure and the work (W P V) it does is zero. Assume that the gas is an ideal gas. How does the final temperature of the gas after expansion compare to its initial temperature? The final temperature is (a) greater than, (b) less than, (c) the same as the initial temperature. A
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Suppose that a material contracts when it is heated. Following the same line of reasoning used in the text to reach Equations 15.7 and 15.8, deduce the relationship between the specific heat capacity at constant pressure (CP) and the specific heat capacity at constant volume (CV). Which of the following describes the relationship? (a) CP CV (b) CP is greater than CV (c) CP is less than CV
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You want to heat a gas so that its temperature will be as high as possible. Should you heat the gas under conditions of (a) constant pressure or (b) constant volume? (c) It does not matter what the conditions are.
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An automobile engine has an efficiency of 22.0% and produces 2510 J of work. How much heat is rejected by the engine?
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What is it that allows a heat engine to operate with maximum efficiency? The French engineer Sadi Carnot (17961832) proposed that a heat engine has maximum efficiency when the processes within the engine are reversible.
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Water near the surface of a tropical ocean has a temperature of 298.2 K (25.0 C), whereas water 700 m beneath the surface has a temperature of 280.2 K (7.0 C). It has been proposed that the warm water be used as the hot reservoir and the cool water as the cold reservoir of a heat engine. Find the maximum possible efficiency for such an engine.
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Consider a hypothetical engine that receives 1000 J of heat as input from a hot reservoir and delivers 1000 J of work, rejecting no heat to a cold reservoir whose temperature is above 0 K. Which law of thermodynamics does this engine violate? (a) The first law (b) The second law (c) Both the first and second laws
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The second law of thermodynamics, in the form of Carnots principle, indicates that the most efficient heat engine operating between two temperatures is a reversible one. Does this mean that a reversible engine operating between the temperatures of 600 and 400 K must be more efficient than an irreversible engine operating between 700 and 300 K?
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Concept Simulation 15.1 at www.wiley.com/college/cutnell allows you to explore the concepts that relate to this question. Three reversible engines, A, B, and C, use the same cold reservoir for their exhaust heats. However, they use different hot reservoirs that have the following temperatures: (A) 1000 K, (B) 1100 K, and (C) 900 K. Rank these engines in order of increasing efficiency (smallest efficiency first). (a) A, C, B (b) C, B, A (c) B, A, C (d) C, A, B
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In Concept Simulation 15.1 at www.wiley.com/college/cutnell you can explore the concepts that are important in this question. Suppose that you wish to improve the efficiency of a Carnot engine. Which answer describes the best way? (a) Lower the Kelvin temperature of the cold reservoir by a factor of four. (b) Raise the Kelvin temperature of the hot reservoir by a factor of four. (c) Cut the Kelvin temperature of the cold reservoir in half and double the Kelvin temperature of the hot reservoir. (d) All three choices give the same improvement in efficiency.
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Consider a hypothetical device that takes 10 000 J of heat from a hot reservoir and 5000 J of heat from a cold reservoir (whose temperature is greater than 0 K) and produces 15 000 J of work. What can be said about this device? (a) It violates the first law of thermodynamics but not the second law. (b) It violates the second law of thermodynamics but not the first law. (c) It violates both the first and second laws of thermodynamics. (d) It does not violate either the first or the second law of thermodynamics.
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Is it possible (A) to cool your kitchen by leaving the refrigerator door open or (B) to cool your bedroom by putting a window air conditioner on the floor by the bed? (a) Only A is possible. (b) Only B is possible. (c) Both are possible. (d) Neither is possible.
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An ideal, or Carnot, heat pump is used to heat a house to a temperature of 294 K (21 C). How much work must the pump do to deliver 3350 J of heat into the house on a day when the outdoor temperature is 273 K (0 C) and on another day when the outdoor temperature is 252 K (21 C)?
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Each drawing represents a hypothetical heat engine or a hypothetical heat pump and shows the corresponding heats and work. Only one of these hypothetical situations is allowed in nature. Which is it?
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A refrigerator is kept in a garage that is not heated in the cold winter or air-conditioned in the hot summer. Does it cost more for this refrigerator to make a kilogram of ice cubes in the winter or in the summer? (a) In the summer (b) In the winter (c) It costs the same in both seasons.
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The coefficient of performance of a heat pump that is removing heat from the cold outdoors (a) must always be less than one, (b) can be either less than or greater than one, (c) must always be greater than one.
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A kitchen air conditioner and a refrigerator both remove heat from a cold reservoir and deposit it in a hot reservoir. The air conditioner _________ the kitchen, whereas the refrigerator _________ the kitchen. (a) cools, cools (b) cools, warms (c) warms, warms (d) warms, cools
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On a summer day a window air conditioner cycles on and off, according to how the temperature within the room changes. When are you more likely to be able to fry an egg on the outside part of the unit? (a) When the unit is on (b) When the unit is off (c) It does not matter whether the unit is on or off.
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Figure 15.18 shows 1200 J of heat flowing spontaneously through a copper rod from a hot reservoir at 650 K to a cold reservoir at 350 K. Determine the amount by which this irreversible process changes the entropy of the universe, assuming that no other changes occur.
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Suppose that 1200 J of heat is used as input for an engine under two different conditions. In Figure 15.19a the heat is supplied by a hot reservoir whose temperature is 650 K. In part b of the drawing, the heat flows irreversibly through a copper rod into a second reservoir whose temperature is 350 K and then enters the engine. In either case, a 150-K reservoir is used as the cold reservoir. For each case, determine the maximum amount of work that can be obtained from the 1200 J of heat.
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Find the change in entropy that results when a 2.3-kg block of ice melts slowly (reversibly) at 273 K (0 C).
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Two equal amounts of water are mixed together in an insulated container, and no work is done in the process. The initial temperatures of the water are different, but the mixture reaches a uniform temperature. Do the internal energy and entropy of the water increase, decrease, or remain constant as a result of the mixing process?
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An event happens somewhere in the universe and, as a result, the entropy of an object changes by 5 J/K. Consistent with the second law of thermodynamics, which one (or more) of the following is a possible value for the entropy change for the rest of the universe? (a) 5 J/K (b) 0 J/K (c) 5 J/K (d) 10 J/K 23
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In each of the following cases, which has the greater entropy, a handful of popcorn kernels or the popcorn that results from them; a salad before or after it has been tossed; and a messy apartment or a neat apartment?
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A glass of water contains a teaspoon of dissolved sugar. After a while, the water evaporates, leaving behind sugar crystals. The entropy of the sugar crystals is less than the entropy of the dissolved sugar because the sugar crystals are in a more ordered state. Why doesnt this process violate the second law of thermodynamics? (a) Because, considering what happens to the water, the total entropy of the universe also decreases. (b) Because, considering what happens to the water, the total entropy of the universe increases. (c) Because the second law does not apply to this situation.
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A builder uses lumber to construct a building, which is unfortunately destroyed in a fire. Thus, the lumber existed at one time or another in three different states: (A) as unused building material, (B) as a building, and (C) as a burned-out shell of a building. Rank these three states in order of decreasing entropy (largest first). (a) C, B, A (b) A, B, C (c) C, A, B (d) A, C, B (e) B, A, C
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The sublimation of zinc (mass per mole 0.0654 kg/mol) takes place at a temperature of 6.00 102 K, and the latent heat of sublimation is 1.99 106 J/kg. The pressure remains constant during the sublimation. Assume that the zinc vapor can be treated as a monatomic ideal gas and that the volume of solid zinc is negligible compared to the corresponding vapor. What is the change in the internal energy of the zinc when 1.50 kg of zinc sublimates?
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What is sublimation, and what is the latent heat of sublimation?
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When a solid phase changes to a gas phase, does the volume of the material increase or decrease, and by how much?
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As the material changes from a solid to a gas, does it do work on the environment or does the environment do work on it? How much work is involved?
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In this problem we begin with heat Q and realize that it is used for two purposes: First, it makes the solid change into a gas, which entails a change U in the internal energy of the material, U Ugas Usolid. Second, it allows the expanding material to do work W on the environment. According to the conservation-of-energy principle, how is Q related to U and W?
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According to the first law of thermodynamics, how is Q related to U and W?
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Each of two Carnot engines uses the same cold reservoir at a temperature of 275 K for its exhaust heat. Each engine receives 1450 J of input heat. The work from either of these engines is used to drive a pulley arrangement that uses a rope to accelerate a 125-kg crate from rest along a horizontal frictionless surface, as Figure 15.22 suggests. With engine 1 the crate attains a speed of 2.00 m/s, while with engine 2 it attains a speed of 3.00 m/s. Find the temperature of the hot reservoir for each engine.
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With which engine is the change in the crates kinetic energy greater?
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For which engine is the temperature of the hot reservoir greater?
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The first law of thermodynamics states that the change U in the internal energy of a system is given by U Q W, where Q is the heat and W is the work. Both Q and W can be positive or negative numbers. Q is a positive number if ________, and W is a positive number if ________. (a) the system loses heat; work is done by the system (b) the system loses heat; work is done on the system (c) the system gains heat; work is done by the system (d) the system gains heat; work is done on the system S
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The drawing shows the expansion of three ideal gases. Rank the gases according to the work they do, largest to smallest. (a) A, B, C (b) A and B (a tie), C (c) B and C (a tie), A (d) B, C, A (e) C, A, B
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The pressurevolume graph shows three paths in which a gas expands from an initial state A to a final state B. The change in internal energy is the same for each of the paths. Rank the paths according to the heat Q added to the gas, largest to smallest. (a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 3, 2 (c) 2, 1, 3 (d) 3, 1, 2 (e) 3, 2, 1
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An ideal monatomic gas expands isothermally from A to B, as the graph shows. What can be said about this process? (a) The gas does no work. (b) No heat enters or leaves the gas. (c) The first law of thermodynamics does not apply to an isothermal process. (d) The ideal gas law is not valid during an isothermal process. (e) There is no change in the internal energy of the gas.
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A monatomic ideal gas is thermally insulated, so no heat can flow between it and its surroundings. Is it possible for the temperature of the gas to rise? (a) Yes. The temperature can rise if work is done by the gas. (b) No. The only way that the temperature can rise is if heat is added to the gas. (c) Yes. The temperature can rise if work is done on the gas.
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A heat engine takes heat QH from a hot reservoir and uses part of this energy to perform work W. Assuming that QH cannot be changed, how can the efficiency of the engine be improved? (a) Increase the work W; the heat QC rejected to the cold reservoir increases as a result. (b) Increase the work W; the heat QC rejected to the cold reservoir remains unchanged. (c) Increase the work W; the heat QC rejected to the cold reservoir decreases as a result. (d) Decrease the work W; the heat QC rejected to the cold reservoir remains unchanged. (e) Decrease the work W; the heat QC rejected to the cold reservoir decreases as a result.
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The three Carnot engines shown in the drawing operate with hot and cold reservoirs whose temperature differences are 100 K. Rank the efficiencies of the engines, largest to smallest. (a) All engines have the same efficiency. (b) A, B, C (c) B, A, C (d) C, B, A (e) C, A, B
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A refrigerator operates for a certain time, and the work done by the electrical energy during this time is What can be said about the heat delivered to the room containing the refrigerator? (a) The heat delivered to the room is less than 1000 J. (b) The heat delivered to the room is equal to 1000 J. (c) The heat delivered to the room is greater than 1000 J.
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Heat is transferred from the sun to the earth via electromagnetic waves (see Chapter 24). Because of this transfer, the entropy of the sun ________ , the entropy of the earth ________ , and the entropy of the sunearth system ________ . (a) increases, decreases, decreases (b) decreases, increases, increases (c) increases, increases, increases (d) increases, decreases, increases (e) decreases, increases, decreases
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In moving out of a dormitory at the end of the semester, a student does 1.6 104 J of work. In the process, his internal energy decreases by 4.2 10 4 J. Determine each of the following quantities (including the algebraic sign): (a) W (b) U (c) Q
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The internal energy of a system changes because the system gains 165 J of heat and performs 312 J of work. In returning to its initial state, the system loses 114 J of heat. During this return process, (a) what work is involved, and (b) is the work done by the system or on the system?
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A system does 164 J of work on its environment and gains 77 J of heat in the process. Find the change in the internal energy of (a) the system and (b) the environment.
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A system does 4.8 104 J of work, and 7.6 104 J of heat flows into the system during the process. Find the change in the internal energy of the system
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In a game of football outdoors on a cold day, a player will begin to feel exhausted after using approximately 8.0 105 J of internal energy. (a) One player, dressed too lightly for the weather, has to leave the game after losing 6.8 105 J of heat. How much work has he done? (b) Another player, wearing clothes that offer better protection against heat loss, is able to remain in the game long enough to do 2.1 105 J of work. What is the magnitude of the heat that he has lost?
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Three moles of an ideal monatomic gas are at a temperature of 345 K. Then, 2438 J of heat is added to the gas, and 962 J of work is done on it. What is the final temperature of the gas?
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In exercising, a weight lifter loses 0.150 kg of water through evaporation, the heat required to evaporate the water coming from the weight lifters body. The work done in lifting weights is 1.40 105 J. (a) Assuming that the latent heat of vaporization of perspiration is 2.42 106 J/kg, find the change in the internal energy of the weight lifter. (b) Determine the minimum number of nutritional Calories of food (1 nutritional Calorie 4186 J) that must be consumed to replace the loss of internal energy.
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A system undergoes a two-step process. In the first step, the internal energy of the system increases by 228 J when 166 J of work is done on the system. In the second step, the internal energy of the system increases by 115 J when 177 J of work is done on the system. For the overall process, find the heat. What type of process is the overall process? Explain.
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When a .22-caliber rifle is fired, the expanding gas from the burning gunpowder creates a pressure behind the bullet. This pressure causes the force that pushes the bullet through the barrel. The barrel has a length of 0.61 m and an opening whose radius is 2.8 103 m. A bullet (mass 2.6 103 kg) has a speed of 370 m/s after passing through this barrel. Ignore friction and determine the average pressure of the expanding gas.
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A system gains 2780 J of heat at a constant pressure of 1.26 105 Pa, and its internal energy increases by 3990 J. What is the change in the volume of the system, and is it an increase or a decrease?
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A system gains 1500 J of heat, while the internal energy of the system increases by 4500 J and the volume decreases by 0.010 m3 . Assume that the pressure is constant and find its value.
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The volume of a gas is changed along the curved line between A and B in the drawing. Do not assume that the curved line is an isotherm or that the gas is ideal. (a) Find the magnitude of the work for the process, and (b) determine whether the work is positive or negative.
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(a) Using the data presented in the accompanying pressure volume graph, estimate the magnitude of the work done when the system changes from A to B to C along the path shown. (b) Determine whether the work is done by the system or on the system and, hence, whether the work is positive or negative.
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Sections 14.2 and 14.3 provide useful information for this problem. When a monatomic ideal gas expands at a constant pressure of 2.6 105 Pa, the volume of the gas increases by 6.2 103 m3 . (a) Determine the heat that flows into or out of the gas. (b) Specify the direction of the flow.
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A gas is contained in a chamber such as that in Figure 15.4. Suppose that the region outside the chamber is evacuated and the total mass of the block and the movable piston is 135 kg. When 2050 J of heat flows into the gas, the internal energy of the gas increases by 1730 J. What is the distance s through which the piston rises?
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A piece of aluminum has a volume of 1.4 103 m3 . The coefficient of volume expansion for aluminum is 69 106 (C) 1 . The temperature of this object is raised from 20 to 320 C. How much work is done by the expanding aluminum if the air pressure is 1.01 105 Pa? *
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Refer to Multiple-Concept Example 3 to see how the concepts pertinent to this problem are used. The pressure of a gas remains constant while the temperature, volume, and internal energy of the gas increase by 53.0 C, 1.40 103 m3 , and 939 J, respectively. The mass of the gas is 24.0 g, and its specific heat capacity is 1080 J/(kg C). Determine the pressure.
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Refer to the drawing that accompanies Problem 13. When a system changes from A to B along the path shown on the pressureversus-volume graph, it gains 2700 J of heat. What is the change in the internal energy of the system?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Water is heated in an open pan where the air pressure is one atmosphere. The water remains a liquid, which expands by a small amount as it is heated. Determine the ratio of the work done by the water to the heat absorbed by the water.
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Six grams of helium (molecular mass 4.0 u) expand isothermally at 370 K and does 9600 J of work. Assuming that helium is an ideal gas, determine the ratio of the final volume of the gas to the initial volume.
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Five moles of a monatomic ideal gas expand adiabatically, and its temperature decreases from 370 to 290 K. Determine (a) the work done (including the algebraic sign) by the gas, and (b) the change in its internal energy.
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Three moles of neon expand isothermally to 0.250 from 0.100 m3 . Into the gas flows 4.75 103 J of heat. Assuming that neon is an ideal gas, find its temperature.
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The temperature of a monatomic ideal gas remains constant during a process in which 4700 J of heat flows out of the gas. How much work (including the proper or sign) is done?
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One-half mole of a monatomic ideal gas expands adiabatically and does 610 J of work. By how many kelvins does its temperature change? Specify whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
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A monatomic ideal gas has an initial temperature of 405 K. This gas expands and does the same amount of work whether the expansion is adiabatic or isothermal. When the expansion is adiabatic, the final temperature of the gas is 245 K. What is the ratio of the final to the initial volume when the expansion is isothermal?
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Heat is added isothermally to 2.5 mol of a monatomic ideal gas. The temperature of the gas is 430 K. How much heat must be added to make the volume of the gas double?
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A diesel engine does not use spark plugs to ignite the fuel and air in the cylinders. Instead, the temperature required to ignite the fuel occurs because the pistons compress the air in the cylinders. Suppose that air at an initial temperature of 21 C is compressed adiabatically to a temperature of 688 C. Assume the air to be an ideal gas for which Find the compression ratio, which is the ratio of the initial volume to the final volume.
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A monatomic ideal gas expands from point A to point B along the path shown in the drawing. (a) Determine the work done by the gas. (b) The temperature of the gas at point A is 185 K. What is its temperature at point B? (c) How much heat has been added to or removed from the gas during the process?
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The drawing refers to one mole of a monatomic ideal gas and shows a process that has four steps, two isobaric (A to B, C to D) and two isochoric (B to C, D to A). Complete the following table by calculating U, W, and Q (including the algebraic signs) for each of the four steps.
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A monatomic ideal gas is contained within a perfectly insulated cylinder that is fitted with a movable piston. The initial pressure of the gas is 1.50 105 Pa. The piston is pushed so as to compress the gas, with the result that the Kelvin temperature doubles. What is the final pressure of the gas?
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The pressure and volume of an ideal monatomic gas change from A to B to C, as the drawing shows. The curved line between A and C is an isotherm. (a) Determine the total heat for the process and (b) state whether the flow of heat is into or out of the gas.
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The work done by one mole of a monatomic ideal gas in expanding adiabatically is 825 J. The initial temperature and volume of the gas are 393 K and 0.100 m3 . Obtain (a) the final temperature and (b) the final volume of the gas.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The drawing shows an adiabatically isolated cylinder that is divided initially into two identical parts by an adiabatic partition. Both sides contain one mole of a monatomic ideal gas , with the initial temperature being 525 K on the left and 275 K on the right. The partition is then allowed to move slowly (i.e., quasi-statically) to the right, until the pressures on each side of the partition are the same. Find the final temperatures on the (a) left and (b) right.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Argon is a monatomic gas whose atomic mass is 39.9 u. The temperature of eight grams of argon is raised by 75 K under conditions of constant pressure. Assuming that argon behaves as an ideal gas, how much heat is required?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The temperature of 2.5 mol of a monatomic ideal gas is 350 K. The internal energy of this gas is doubled by the addition of heat. How much heat is needed when it is added at (a) constant volume and (b) constant pressure?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Under constant-volume conditions, 3500 J of heat is added to 1.6 moles of an ideal gas. As a result, the temperature of the gas increases by 75 K. How much heat would be required to cause the same temperature change under constant-pressure conditions? Do not assume anything about whether the gas is monatomic, diatomic, etc.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A monatomic ideal gas in a rigid container is heated from 217 K to 279 K by adding 8500 J of heat. How many moles of gas are there in the container?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Three moles of a monatomic ideal gas are heated at a constant volume of 1.50 m3 . The amount of heat added is 5.24 103 J. (a) What is the change in the temperature of the gas? (b) Find the change in its internal energy. (c) Determine the change in pressure.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A monatomic ideal gas expands at constant pressure. (a) What percentage of the heat being supplied to the gas is used to increase the internal energy of the gas? (b) What percentage is used for doing the work of expansion?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Suppose a monatomic ideal gas is contained within a vertical cylinder that is fitted with a movable piston. The piston is frictionless and has a negligible mass. The area of the piston is 3.14 102 m2 , and the pressure outside the cylinder is 1.01 105 Pa. Heat (2093 J) is removed from the gas. Through what distance does the piston drop?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A monatomic ideal gas is heated while at a constant volume of 1.00 103 m3 , using a ten-watt heater. The pressure of the gas increases by 5.0 104 Pa. How long was the heater on?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
One mole of neon, a monatomic gas, starts out at conditions of standard temperature and pressure. The gas is heated at constant volume until its pressure is tripled, then further heated at constant pressure until its volume is doubled. Assume that neon behaves as an ideal gas. For the entire process, find the heat added to the gas.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Multiple-Concept Example 6 provides a review of the concepts that play roles here. An engine has an efficiency of 64% and produces 5500 J of work. Determine (a) the input heat and (b) the rejected heat
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Heat engines take input energy in the form of heat, use some of that energy to do work, and exhaust the remainder. Similarly, a person can be viewed as a heat engine that takes an input of internal energy, uses some of it to do work, and gives off the rest as heat. Suppose that a trained athlete can function as a heat engine with an efficiency of 0.11. (a) What is the magnitude of the internal energy that the athlete uses in order to do 5.1 104 J of work? (b) Determine the magnitude of the heat the athlete gives off.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Engine 1 has an efficiency of 0.18 and requires 5500 J of input heat to perform a certain amount of work. Engine 2 has an efficiency of 0.26 and performs the same amount of work. How much input heat does the second engine require?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Due to a tune-up, the efficiency of an automobile engine increases by 5.0%. For an input heat of 1300 J, how much more work does the engine produce after the tune-up than before?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A 52-kg mountain climber, starting from rest, climbs a vertical distance of 730 m. At the top, she is again at rest. In the process, her body generates 4.1 106 J of energy via metabolic processes. In fact, her body acts like a heat engine, the efficiency of which is given by Equation 15.11 as e W/QH, where W is the magnitude of the work she does and QH is the magnitude of the input heat. Find her efficiency as a heat engine. Problem
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Due to design changes, the efficiency of an engine increases from 0.23 to 0.42. For the same input heat QH, these changes increase the work done by the more efficient engine and reduce the amount of heat rejected to the cold reservoir. Find the ratio of the heat rejected to the cold reservoir for the improved engine to that for the original engine. *
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Engine A receives three times more input heat, produces five times more work, and rejects two times more heat than engine B. Find the efficiency of (a) engine A and (b) engine B.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot engine operates with an efficiency of 27.0% when the temperature of its cold reservoir is 275 K. Assuming that the temperature of the hot reservoir remains the same, what must be the temperature of the cold reservoir in order to increase the efficiency to 32.0%?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
An engine has a hot-reservoir temperature of 950 K and a coldreservoir temperature of 620 K. The engine operates at three-fifths maximum efficiency. What is the efficiency of the engine?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 0.700, and the temperature of its cold reservoir is 378 K. (a) Determine the temperature of its hot reservoir. (b) If 5230 J of heat is rejected to the cold reservoir, what amount of heat is put into the engine?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot engine operates with a large hot reservoir and a much smaller cold reservoir. As a result, the temperature of the hot reservoir remains constant while the temperature of the cold reservoir slowly increases. This temperature change decreases the efficiency of the engine to 0.70 from 0.75. Find the ratio of the final temperature of the cold reservoir to its initial temperature.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
An engine does 18 500 J of work and rejects 6550 J of heat into a cold reservoir whose temperature is 285 K. What would be the smallest possible temperature of the hot reservoir?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 0.40. The Kelvin temperature of its hot reservoir is quadrupled, and the Kelvin temperature of its cold reservoir is doubled. What is the efficiency that results from these changes?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot engine operates between temperatures of 650 and 350 K. To improve the efficiency of the engine, it is decided either to raise the temperature of the hot reservoir by 40 K or to lower the temperature of the cold reservoir by 40 K. Which change gives the greater improvement? Justify your answer by calculating the efficiency in each case.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The hot reservoir for a Carnot engine has a temperature of 890 K, while the cold reservoir has a temperature of 670 K. The heat input for this engine is 4800 J. The 670-K reservoir also serves as the hot reservoir for a second Carnot engine. This second engine uses the rejected heat of the first engine as input and extracts additional work from it. The rejected heat from the second engine goes into a reservoir that has a temperature of 420 K. Find the total work delivered by the two engines.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Suppose that the gasoline in a car engine burns at 631 C, while the exhaust temperature (the temperature of the cold reservoir) is 139 C and the outdoor temperature is 27 C. Assume that the engine can be treated as a Carnot engine (a gross oversimplification). In an attempt to increase mileage performance, an inventor builds a second engine that functions between the exhaust and outdoor temperatures and uses the exhaust heat to produce additional work. Assume that the inventors engine can also be treated as a Carnot engine. Determine the ratio of the total work produced by both engines to that produced by the first engine alone.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A power plant taps steam superheated by geothermal energy to 505 K (the temperature of the hot reservoir) and uses the steam to do work in turning the turbine of an electric generator. The steam is then converted back into water in a condenser at 323 K (the temperature of the cold reservoir), after which the water is pumped back down into the earth where it is heated again. The output power (work per unit time) of the plant is 84 000 kilowatts. Determine (a) the maximum efficiency at which this plant can operate and (b) the minimum amount of rejected heat that must be removed from the condenser every twenty-four hours
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The drawing (not to scale) shows the way in which the pressure and volume change for an ideal gas that is used as the working substance in a Carnot engine. The gas begins at point a (pressure Pa, volume Va) and expands isothermally at temperature TH until point b (pressure Pb, volume Vb) is reached. During this expansion, the input heat of magnitude QH enters the gas from the hot reservoir of the engine. Then, from point b to point c (pressure Pc, volume Vc), the gas expands adiabatically. Next, the gas is compressed isothermally at temperature TC from point c to point d (pressure Pd, volume Vd ). During this compression, heat of magnitude QC is rejected to the cold reservoir of the engine. Finally, the gas is compressed adiabatically from point d to point a, where the gas is back in its initial state. The overall process a to b to c to d to a is called a Carnot cycle. Prove for this cycle that QC/QH TC/TH. ** 62. A nuclea
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A nuclear-fueled electric power plant utilizes a so-called boiling water reactor. In this type of reactor, nuclear energy causes water under pressure to boil at 285 C (the temperature of the hot reservoir). After the steam does the work of turning the turbine of an electric generator, the steam is converted back into water in a condenser at 40 C (the temperature of the cold reservoir). To keep the condenser at 40 C, the rejected heat must be carried away by some meansfor example, by water from a river. The plant operates at three-fourths of its Carnot efficiency, and the electrical output power of the plant is 1.2 109 watts. A river with a water flow rate of 1.0 105 kg/s is available to remove the rejected heat from the plant. Find the number of Celsius degrees by which the temperature of the river rises. Se
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot air conditioner maintains the temperature in a house at 297 K on a day when the temperature outside is 311 K. What is the coefficient of performance of the air conditioner?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The inside of a Carnot refrigerator is maintained at a temperature of 277 K, while the temperature in the kitchen is 299 K. Using 2500 J of work, how much heat can this refrigerator remove from its inside compartment?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A refrigerator operates between temperatures of 296 and 275 K. What would be its maximum coefficient of performance?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Two Carnot air conditioners, A and B, are removing heat from different rooms. The outside temperature is the same for both rooms, 309.0 K. The room serviced by unit A is kept at a temperature of 294.0 K, while the room serviced by unit B is kept at 301.0 K. The heat removed from either room is 4330 J. For both units, find the magnitude of the work required and the magnitude of the heat deposited outside.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
See Multiple-Concept Example 10 to review the concepts that are important in this problem. The water in a deep underground well is used as the cold reservoir of a Carnot heat pump that maintains the temperature of a house at 301 K. To deposit 14 200 J of heat in the house, the heat pump requires 800 J of work. Determine the temperature of the well water.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 0.55. If this engine were run backward as a heat pump, what would be the coefficient of performance?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot refrigerator is used in a kitchen in which the temperature is kept at 301 K. This refrigerator uses 241 J of work to remove 2561 J of heat from the food inside. What is the temperature inside the refrigerator?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The wattage of a commercial ice maker is 225 W and is the rate at which it does work. The ice maker operates just like a refrigerator or an air conditioner and has a coefficient of performance of 3.60. The water going into the unit has a temperature of 15.0 C, and the ice maker produces ice cubes at 0.0 C. Ignoring the work needed to keep stored ice from melting, find the maximum amount (in kg) of ice that the unit can produce in one day of continuous operation. *
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Review Conceptual Example 9 before attempting this problem. A window air conditioner has an average coefficient of performance of 2.0. In a futile attempt to cool a bedroom, this unit has been placed on the floor by the bed. During this attempt, 7.6 104 J of heat is removed from the air in the front of the unit. Determine the net heat added to the room by operating the air conditioner in this manner.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
How long would a 3.00-kW space heater have to run to put into a kitchen the same amount of heat as a refrigerator (coefficient of performance 3.00) does when it freezes 1.50 kg of water at 20.0 C into ice at 0.0 C? *
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot refrigerator transfers heat from its inside (6.0 C) to the room air outside (20.0 C). (a) Find the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator. (b) Determine the magnitude of the minimum work needed to cool 5.00 kg of water from 20.0 to 6.0 C when it is placed in the refrigerator.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot engine uses hot and cold reservoirs that have temperatures of 1684 and 842 K, respectively. The input heat for this engine is QH. The work delivered by the engine is used to operate a Carnot heat pump. The pump removes heat from the 842-K reservoir and puts it into a hot reservoir at a temperature T. The amount of heat removed from the 842-K reservoir is also QH. Find the temperature T. Sec
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Consider three engines that each use 1650 J of heat from a hot reservoir (temperature 550 K). These three engines reject heat to a cold reservoir (temperature 330 K). Engine I rejects 1120 J of heat. Engine II rejects 990 J of heat. Engine III rejects 660 J of heat. One of the engines operates reversibly, and two operate irreversibly. However, of the two irreversible engines, one violates the second law of thermodynamics and could not exist. For each of the engines determine the total entropy change of the universe, which is the sum of the entropy changes of the hot and cold reservoirs. On the basis of your calculations, identify which engine operates reversibly, which operates irreversibly and could exist, and which operates irreversibly and could not exist.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Heat Q flows spontaneously from a reservoir at 394 K into a reservoir at 298 K. Because of the spontaneous flow, 2800 J of energy is rendered unavailable for work when a Carnot engine operates between the reservoir at 298 K and a reservoir at 248 K. Find Q.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Find the change in entropy of the H2O molecules when (a) three kilograms of ice melts into water at 273 K and (b) three kilograms of water changes into steam at 373 K. (c) On the basis of the answers to parts (a) and (b), discuss which change creates more disorder in the collection of H2O molecules.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
On a cold day, 24 500 J of heat leaks out of a house. The inside temperature is 21 C, and the outside temperature is 15 C. What is the increase in the entropy of the universe that this heat loss produces?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
(a) After 6.00 kg of water at 85.0 C is mixed in a perfect thermos with 3.00 kg of ice at 0.0 C, the mixture is allowed to reach equilibrium. When heat is added to or removed from a solid or liquid of mass m and specific heat capacity c, the change in entropy can be shown to be S mc ln(Tf /Ti), where Ti and Tf are the initial and final Kelvin temperatures. Using this expression and the change in entropy for melting, find the change in entropy that occurs. (b) Should the entropy of the universe increase or decrease as a result of the mixing process? Give your reasoning and state whether your answer in part (a) is consistent with your answer here.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The sun is a sphere with a radius of 6.96 108 m and an average surface temperature of 5800 K. Determine the amount by which the suns thermal radiation increases the entropy of the entire universe each second. Assume that the sun is a perfect blackbody, and that the average temperature of the rest of the universe is 2.73 K. Do not consider the thermal radiation absorbed by the sun from the rest of the universe.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
An irreversible engine operates between temperatures of 852 and 314 K. It absorbs 1285 J of heat from the hot reservoir and does 264 J of work. (a) What is the change Suniverse in the entropy of the universe associated with the operation of this engine? (b) If the engine were reversible, what would be the magnitude W of the work it would have done, assuming that it operated between the same temperatures and absorbed the same heat as the irreversible engine? (c) Using the results of parts (a) and (b), find the difference between the work produced by the reversible and irreversible engines. Ad
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The pressure of a monatomic ideal gas doubles during an adiabatic compression. What is the ratio of the final volume to the initial volume?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
One-half mole of a monatomic ideal gas absorbs 1200 J of heat while 2500 J of work is done by the gas. (a) What is the temperature change of the gas? (b) Is the change an increase or a decrease?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Multiple-Concept Example 6 deals with the same concepts as this problem does. What is the efficiency of a heat engine that uses an input heat of 5.6 104 J and rejects 1.8 104 J of heat?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A gas, while expanding under isobaric conditions, does 480 J of work. The pressure of the gas is 1.6 105 Pa, and its initial volume is 1.5 103 m3 . What is the final volume of the gas?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A lawnmower engine with an efficiency of 0.22 rejects 9900 J of heat every second. What is the magnitude of the work that the engine does in one second?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A process occurs in which the entropy of a system increases by 125 J/K. During the process, the energy that becomes unavailable for doing work is zero. (a) Is this process reversible or irreversible? Give your reasoning. (b) Determine the change in the entropy of the surroundings.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A Carnot heat pump operates between an outdoor temperature of 265 K and an indoor temperature of 298 K. Find its coefficient of performance.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The temperatures indoors and outdoors are 299 and 312 K, respectively. A Carnot air conditioner deposits 6.12 105 J of heat outdoors. How much heat is removed from the house?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Carnot engine A has an efficiency of 0.60, and Carnot engine B has an efficiency of 0.80. Both engines utilize the same hot reservoir, which has a temperature of 650 K and delivers 1200 J of heat to each engine. Find the magnitude of the work produced by each engine and the temperatures of the cold reservoirs that they use.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
The pressure and volume of a gas are changed along the path ABCA. Using the data shown in the graph, determine the work done (including the algebraic sign) in each segment of the path: (a) A to B, (b) B to C, and (c) C to A.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Refer to the drawing in Problem 12, where the curve between A and B is now an isotherm. An ideal gas begins at A and is changed along the horizontal line from A to C and then along the vertical line from C to B. (a) Find the heat for the process ACB and (b) determine whether it flows into or out of the gas.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Suppose that 31.4 J of heat is added to an ideal gas. The gas expands at a constant pressure of 1.40 104 Pa while changing its volume from 3.00 to 8.00 m3 . The gas is not monatomic, so the relation does not apply. (a) Determine the change in the internal energy of the gas. (b) Calculate its molar specific heat capacity CP.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
An air conditioner keeps the inside of a house at a temperature of 19.0 C when the outdoor temperature is 33.0 C. Heat, leaking into the house at the rate of 10 500 joules per second, is removed by the air conditioner. Assuming that the air conditioner is a Carnot air conditioner, what is the work per second that must be done by the electrical energy in order to keep the inside temperature constant?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Even at rest, the human body generates heat. The heat arises because of the bodys metabolismthat is, the chemical reactions that are always occurring in the body to generate energy. In rooms designed for use by large groups, adequate ventilation or air conditioning must be provided to remove this heat. Consider a classroom containing 200 students. Assume that the metabolic rate of generating heat is 130 W for each student and that the heat accumulates during a fiftyminute lecture. In addition, assume that the air has a molar specific heat of and that the room (volume 1200 m3 , initial pressure 1.01 105 Pa, and initial temperature 21 C) is sealed shut. If all the heat generated by the students were absorbed by the air, by how much would the air temperature rise during a lecture?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Heat flows from a reservoir at 373 K to a reservoir at 273 K through a 0.35-m copper rod with a cross-sectional area of 9.4 104 m2 (see the drawing). The heat then leaves the 273-K reservoir and enters a Carnot engine, which uses part of this heat to do work and rejects the remainder to a third reservoir at 173 K. How much of the heat leaving the 373-K reservoir is rendered unavailable for doing work in a period of 2.0 min?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
A fifteen-watt heater is used to heat a monatomic ideal gas at a constant pressure of 7.60 105 Pa. During the process, the 1.40 103 m3 volume of the gas increases by 25.0%. How long was the heater on?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
An ideal gas is taken through the three processes ( , , and ) shown in the drawing. In general, for each process the internal energy U of the gas can change because heat Q can be added to or removed from the gas and work W can be done by the gas or on the gas. For the three processes shown in the drawing, fill in the five missing entries in the following table.
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
An engine has an efficiency e1. The engine takes input heat of magnitude QH from a hot reservoir and delivers work of magnitude W1. The heat rejected by this engine is used as input heat for a second engine, which has an efficiency e2 and delivers work of magnitude W2. The overall efficiency of this two-engine device is the magnitude of the total work delivered (W1 W2) divided by the magnitude QH of the input heat. Find an expression for the overall efficiency e in terms of e1 and e2. ** 100. Beg
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Beginning with a pressure of 2.20 105 Pa and a volume of 6.34 103 m3 , an ideal monatomic gas undergoes an adiabatic expansion such that its final pressure is An alternative process leading to the same final state begins with an isochoric cooling to the final pressure, followed by an isobaric expansion to the final volume. How much more work does the gas do in the adiabatic process than in the alternative process?
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Chapter 15: Problem 15 Physics, 9
Heat is added to two identical samples of a monatomic ideal gas. In the first sample the heat is added while the volume of the gas is kept constant, and the heat causes the temperature to rise by 75 K. In the second sample, an identical amount of heat is added while the pressure (but not the volume) of the gas is kept constant. By how much does the temperature of this sample increase?
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