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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF B. ENG. (ENGINEERING SCIENCE) PC2230 - THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS (Semester I: AY 2015-16) Time Allowed: 2 Hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. Please write your student number only. Do not write your name. 2. This examination paper contains SIX short questions in Part I and TWO long questions in Part II. It comprises SIX printed pages. 3. Answer ALL the questions in this paper. 4. The answers to Part I and II are to be written on separate answer books, which are to be submitted at the end of the examination. 5. Please start each question on a new page. 6. This is a CLOSED BOOK examination. 7. The last page contains a list of formulae. 8. The total mark for Part I is 48 and that for Part I is 52.
Part 1 This part of the examination paper contains six short-answer questions, which carry 8 marks each. Answer ALL questions. 1. The equation of state of a gas is given by P = -1‘—’—53—7—' - 191_,_1\5’_3. Now 0.5 kmol of this gas is expanded in a quasi-equilibrium manner from 2 to 4 m> at a constant temperature of 300 K. (a) Draw the process on a P-V diagram. (2 marks) (b) Determine the work done during this isothermal expansion process. (6 marks) 2. A system has two non-degenerate energy levels with an energy gap ot 0.1 eV (= 1.6 x 10729 J). Determine the following: (a) the probability of the system being in the upper level if it is in thermal contact with a heat bath at a temperature of 300 K. (4 marks) (b) the temperature if the probability to be in the upper level state is 0.25. (4 marks) 3. A 20 kg aluminium block initially at 200°C is brought into contact with a 20 kg block of iron at 100°C in an insulated enclosure. Determine (a) the final equilibrium temperature, and (4 marks) (b) the total entropy change for this process. (4 marks) (Note: Specific heat of aluminum, C, = 0.973 kJkg™ 'K~ and specific heat of iron, C, = 0.45 kJkg7'K™!)
4. Consider a gas of oxygen at a temperature of 100 K and a pressure of 1 x 107 Pa. Determine whether classical statistics would be appropriate for its study. The molecular-weight of oxygen molecule is 32 g/mol. (8 marks) 5. If a 700 N man stands on ice skates for which the area of contact with the ice is 10 mm?, by how many degrees is the melting point of the ice lowered? (The latent heat of fusion is 6.01 x 10° J/mole. At the melting point, the density of ice is 0.917 g/cm?, and that of liquid water is 0.9999 g/cm?>. The molecular weight of water is 18 g/mol.) (8 marks) 6. The molecules of a diatomic gas possess rotational energy levels hz = -2-7r(r+ 1), r=0,12,..., where [ is a constant and the level ¢, is (2r + 1)-fold degenerate. Obtain an expression for the rotational partition function at Jow temperatures. Hence, find the molar rotational heat capacity of the gas at low temperatures. (8 marks) End of Part 1
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Part 11 This part of the examination paper contains two (2) long-answer questions. An- swer BOTH questions. 1. (a) A reversible cycle device does work, while exchanging heat with three constant temperature reservoirs as illustrated in Figure 1. T,=1000K | Reservorrl y REVERSIBLE = CYCLIC DEVICE Figure 1: Reversible cycle device The three reservoirs 1, 2, and 3 are at temperature of 1000 K, 300 K, and 500 K, respectively. It is known that 400 kJ is transferred from reservoir 1 to the device, and the total work done by the cyclic device is 100 kJ. Determine i. the magnitude and direction of the heat transfer, Q,, with the reservoir 2, and (8 marks) ii. the magnitude and direction of the heat transfer, O3, with the reservoir 3. (5 marks) (b) The energy density (E/V) of blackbody radiation is known to be (4/c)aT*, where c is the speed of light and o is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant. Obtain i. the expression for the pressure, and (8 marks) [Hint: Use dE = TdS—pdV and Helmholtz function: F(T, V) = E -TS] ii. the expression for the specific heat capacity C,. (5 marks) 4
2. (a) Consider a system made up of two identical fermionic particles which can occupy 4 different states. i. Enumerate all the possible choices for the occupation numbers of the single particle states, expressing your answers in the form (ny,n,,n3, nyg), where the ns are the usual occupation numbers. (5 marks) ii. Assume that the 4 single particle states have the following ener- gies: €1 = €3 = 0 and €3 = €4 = ¢ and that the system is in thermal equilibrium at a temperature 7. Compute the mean occu- pation number of the first single-particle state 7; at temperature T'. Calculate also the average energy of the system. (11 marks) (b) The latent heat of vaporization for hydrogen molecules near its triple point (T, = 14 K) is 1.01 kI mol™!. The liquid density is 71 kgm™3, the solid density is 81 kgm™3, and the melting temperature is given by 7, = 13.99 + P/3.3, where T, and P are measured in K and MPa respectively. Compute the latent heat of sublimation given that the molecular weight of hydrogen is 2 g/mol. (10 marks)
Exam Formulae Sheet Boltzmann constant kp = 1.38 x 102> m?*kgs 2 K™ Planck constant # = 6.626 x 107>* m?*kgs™' Gas constant R = 8.31 Jmol™! K™! 1 atm = 1.013 x 10° Pa, 1 mole = 6.022 x 10?3 dE = TdS PdV + udN, dF = —SdT PdV + udN dG = —SdT + VdP + udN, dQ = —SdT PdV Ndu For an adiabatic change of a perfect gas, RdAT Tv?~! = constant, Pv? = constant, Work done = y P I'(n)= /()“x,,_.le_x dx, I'(n+1)=nl@m), I'A/2)=r, TI'l)=1 V 47 p? S:—kBZprlnpr, f(p)dp = h3p dp 3 . e h(l)3 dw Planck’s blackbody radiation law: u(w,T) dw = 2 exp o K T) 1] __ 4 _ w’ky _ 4 _ ~8 1o =2 —lyr—4 u(T)-aT, amm, I =0T, o0=567x10"7"Jm “s K 1 1 1 Stirling’s formula: I N!= NInN N+2]nN+-1n(2n)+0(N) . . 2rmk B T 3/2 s . e » u. Je— Single-particle translational partition function: Z; =V ( 73 ) h Agg = -E, E = hw = pc (photon) E? = p*c® + mdc?, En, Gibbs distribution: py, = 2P (”‘Z v 2T V) = Y explB(uN—Ew)] F(T,V,N) = —kgT W Z(T,V,N), S2(T,V,n) = —kgT WnZ(T,V,pn), Z =O [Ter =TIt = Koy, [T 20 = [ [T = Ke D, 7(T) = = dP L Clausius-Cl Equation: = —— ausius-Clapeyron Equation T = TAV . aan) . 1(31112 o +FD B B Jvn T B\ & Jroesy 0 ePEWE1 - BE END OF PAPER
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