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Ch. 20.1 - Two containers hold an ideal gas at the same...Ch. 20.2 - (i) How does the internal energy of an ideal gas...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 20.3QQCh. 20.3 - Prob. 20.4QQCh. 20 - A spherical balloon of volume 4.00 103 cm3...Ch. 20 - A spherical balloon of volume V contains helium at...Ch. 20 - A 2.00-mol sample of oxygen gas is confined to a...Ch. 20 - Oxygen, modeled as an ideal gas, is in a container...Ch. 20 - A 5.00-L vessel contains nitrogen gas at 27.0C and...Ch. 20 - Prob. 6P
Ch. 20 - In a period of 1.00 s, 5.00 1023 nitrogen...Ch. 20 - A 7.00-L vessel contains 3.50 moles of gas at a...Ch. 20 - Calculate the change in internal energy of 3.00...Ch. 20 - Prob. 10PCh. 20 - In a constant-volume process, 209 J of energy is...Ch. 20 - A vertical cylinder with a heavy piston contains...Ch. 20 - A 1.00-L insulated bottle is full of tea at 90.0C....Ch. 20 - A certain molecule has f degrees of freedom. Show...Ch. 20 - You are working for an automobile tire company....Ch. 20 - Why is the following situation impossible? A team...Ch. 20 - You and your younger brother are designing an air...Ch. 20 - During the compression stroke of a certain...Ch. 20 - Air in a thundercloud expands as it rises. If its...Ch. 20 - Why is the following situation impossible? A new...Ch. 20 - Air (a diatomic ideal gas) at 27.0C and...Ch. 20 - Prob. 22PCh. 20 - Prob. 23PCh. 20 - Prob. 24PCh. 20 - Prob. 25PCh. 20 - The law of atmospheres states that the number...Ch. 20 - Prob. 27APCh. 20 - Prob. 28APCh. 20 - The dimensions of a classroom are 4.20 m 3.00 m ...Ch. 20 - Prob. 30APCh. 20 - The Earths atmosphere consists primarily of oxygen...Ch. 20 - Review. As a sound wave passes through a gas, the...Ch. 20 - Prob. 33APCh. 20 - In a cylinder, a sample of an ideal gas with...Ch. 20 - As a 1.00-mol sample of a monatomic ideal gas...Ch. 20 - A sample consists of an amount n in moles of a...Ch. 20 - The latent heat of vaporization for water at room...Ch. 20 - A vessel contains 1.00 104 oxygen molecules at...Ch. 20 - Prob. 39APCh. 20 - Prob. 40APCh. 20 - Prob. 41APCh. 20 - On the PV diagram for an ideal gas, one isothermal...Ch. 20 - Prob. 43APCh. 20 - Prob. 44APCh. 20 - Prob. 45CP
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