An Introduction to Thermal Physics
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780201380279
Author: Daniel V. Schroeder
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Chapter 1.7, Problem 63P
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The pressure of air molecule at which the mean free path at room temperature is 10 cm.
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Chapter 1 Solutions
An Introduction to Thermal Physics
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Ch. 1.2 - Rooms A and B are the same size, and are connected...Ch. 1.2 - Calculate the average volume per molecule for an...Ch. 1.2 - A mole is approximately the number of protons in a...Ch. 1.2 - Calculate the mass of a mole of dry air, which is...Ch. 1.2 - Estimate the average temperature of the air inside...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 16PCh. 1.2 - Prob. 17PCh. 1.2 - Prob. 18PCh. 1.2 - Suppose you have a gas containing hydrogen...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 20PCh. 1.2 - During a hailstorm, hailstones with an average...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 22PCh. 1.3 - Calculate the total thermal energy in a liter of...Ch. 1.3 - Calculate the total thermal energy in a gram of...Ch. 1.3 - List all the degrees of freedom, or as many as you...Ch. 1.4 - A battery is connected in series to a resistor,...Ch. 1.4 - Give an example of a process in which no heat is...Ch. 1.4 - Estimate how long it should take to bring a cup of...Ch. 1.4 - A cup containing 200 g of water is sitting on your...Ch. 1.4 - Put a few spoonfuls of water into a bottle with a...Ch. 1.5 - Imagine some helium in cylinder with an initial...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 32PCh. 1.5 - An ideal gas is made to undergo the cyclic process...Ch. 1.5 - An ideal diatomic gas, in a cylinder with a...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 35PCh. 1.5 - In the course of pumping up a bicycle tire, a...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 37PCh. 1.5 - Two identical bubbles of gas form at the bottom of...Ch. 1.5 - By applying Newtons laws to the oscillations of a...Ch. 1.5 - In problem 1.16 you calculated the pressure of...Ch. 1.6 - To measure the heat capacity of an object, all you...Ch. 1.6 - The specific heat capacity of Albertsons Rotini...Ch. 1.6 - Calculate the heat capacity of liquid water per...Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 44PCh. 1.6 - Prob. 45PCh. 1.6 - Measured heat capacities of solids and liquids are...Ch. 1.6 - Your 200-g cup of tea is boiling-hot. About how...Ch. 1.6 - When spring finally arrives in the mountains, the...Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 49PCh. 1.6 - Consider the combustion of one mole of methane...Ch. 1.6 - Use the data at the back of this book to determine...Ch. 1.6 - The enthalpy of combustion of a gallon (3.8...Ch. 1.6 - Look up the enthalpy of formation of atomic...Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 54PCh. 1.6 - Heat capacities are normally positive, but there...Ch. 1.7 - Calculate the rate of heat conduction through a...Ch. 1.7 - Home owners and builders discuss thermal...Ch. 1.7 - According to a standard reference table, the R...Ch. 1.7 - Make a rough estimate of the total rate or...Ch. 1.7 - A frying pan is quickly heated on the stovetop to...Ch. 1.7 - Geologists measure conductive heat flow out of the...Ch. 1.7 - Consider a uniform rod of material whose...Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 63PCh. 1.7 - Make a rough estimate of the thermal conductivity...Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 65PCh. 1.7 - In analogy with the thermal conductivity, derive...Ch. 1.7 - Make a rough estimate of how far food coloring (or...Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 68PCh. 1.7 - Imagine a narrow pipe, filled with fluid, in which...Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 70P
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