COLLEGE PHYSICS13th EditionOpenStax Publisher: OpenStaxISBN: 2810014673880
COLLEGE PHYSICS
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Problem 2CQ:
Give an example of a physical property that varies with temperature and describe how it is used to...Problem 3CQ:
When a cold alcohol thermometer is placed in a hot liquid, the column of alcohol goes down slightly...Problem 4CQ:
If you add boiling water to a cup at room temperature, what would you expect the final equilibrium...Problem 5CQ:
Thermal stresses caused by uneven cooling can easily break glass cookware. Explain why Pyrex®, a...Problem 6CQ:
Water expands significantly when it freezes: a volume increase at about 9% occurs. As a result of...Problem 7CQ:
One method at getting a tight fit, say of a metal peg in a hole in a metal block, is to manufacture...Problem 8CQ:
Does it really help to run hot water over a tight metal lid on a glass jar before flying to open it?...Problem 9CQ:
Liquids and solids expand with increasing temperature, because the kinetic energy of a body's atoms...Problem 10CQ:
Find out the human population of Earth. Is there a mole of people inhabiting Earth? If the average...Problem 11CQ:
Under what circumstances would you expect a gas to behave significantly differently than predicted...Problem 12CQ:
A constant-volume gas thermometer contains a fixed amount of gas. What properly of the gas is...Problem 13CQ:
How is momentum related to the pressure exerted by a gas? Explain on the atomic and molecular level,...Problem 14CQ:
A pressure cooker contains water and steam in equilibrium at a pressure greater than atmospheric...Problem 15CQ:
Why does condensation from most rapidly on the coldest object in a roomfor example, on a glass of...Problem 16CQ:
What is the vapor pressure of solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) at _785 Figure 13.36 The phase diagram...Problem 17CQ:
Can carbon dioxide be liquefied at room temperature (20C) ? If so, how? If not, why not? (See Figure...Problem 18CQ:
Oxygen cannot be liquefied at room temperature by placing it under a large enough pressure to force...Problem 19CQ:
What is the distinction between gas and vapor?Problem 20CQ:
Because humidity depends only on water's vapor pressure and temperature, are the saturation vapor...Problem 21CQ:
Why does a beaker of 40.0C water placed in a vacuum chamber start to boil as the chamber is...Problem 22CQ:
Why does rubbing alcohol evaporate much more rapidly than water at STP (standard temperature and...Problem 2PE:
Frost damage to most plants occurs at temperatures of 28.0F or lower. What is this temperature on...Problem 3PE:
To conserve energy, room temperatures are kept at 68.0F in the winter and 78.0F in the summer. What...Problem 4PE:
A tungsten light bulb filament may operate a1 2900 K. What is its Fahrenheit temperature? What is...Problem 5PE:
The Surface temperature of the Sun is about 5750 K. What is this temperature on the Fahrenheit...Problem 6PE:
One of the honest temperatures ever recorded on the surface at Earth was 134F in Death Valley, CA....Problem 7PE:
(a) Suppose a cold front blows into your locale and drops the temperature by 40.0 Fahrenheit...Problem 8PE:
(a) At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales have the same numerical value? (b) At...Problem 9PE:
The height of the Washington Monument is measured to be 170 m on a day when the temperature is...Problem 10PE:
How much taller does me Eiffel Tower become at the end of a day when the temperature has increased...Problem 11PE:
What is the change in length of a 3.00mlong column of mercury if its temperature changes from 37.0C...Problem 12PE:
How large an expansion gap should be left between steel railroad rails it they may reach a maximum...Problem 13PE:
You are looking to purchase a small piece of land in Hong Kong. The price is “only” 60,000 per...Problem 14PE:
Global warming will produce rising sea levels partly due to melting ice team but alga due to the...Problem 15PE:
Show that 60.0L of gasoline originally at 15.0C will expand to 61.1L when it warms to 35.0C, as...Problem 16PE:
(a) Suppose a meter Stick made of steel and one made of invar (an alloy of iron and nickel) are the...Problem 17PE:
(a) If a 500mL glass beaker is filled to the brim with ethyl alcohol at a temperature of 500C, how...Problem 18PE:
Most automobiles have a coolant reservoir to catch radiator fluid than may overflow when 1he engine...Problem 19PE:
A physicist makes a cup of instant coffee and notices that, as the coffee cools, its level drops...Problem 20PE:
(a) The density of water at 0C is very nearly 1000kg/m3 (it is actually 999.84kg/m3 ), whereas the...Problem 22PE:
The gauge pressure in your car tires is 2.50105N/m2 at a temperature of 35.0C when you drive it onto...Problem 23PE:
Convert an absolute pressure of 7.00105N/m2 to gauge pressure in lb/in2. (This value was stated to...Problem 24PE:
Suppose a gasfilled incandescent light bulb is manufactured so that the gas inside the bulb is at...Problem 25PE:
Large helium-filled balloons are used to lift scienti?c equipment to high altitudes. (a) What is the...Problem 26PE:
Confirm mat the units of nRT are those of energy for each value of R : (a) 8.31J/molK, (b)...Problem 27PE:
In the text, it was shown that N/V=2.681025m3 for gas at STP. (a) Show that this quantity is...Problem 28PE:
Calculate the number of moles in me 2.00L volume of air in the lungs of me average person. Note that...Problem 29PE:
An airplane passenger has 100cm3 of air in his stomach just before the plane takes off from a...Problem 30PE:
(a) What is me 1imlume (in km3) of Avogadro’s number of sand grains if each grain is a cube and has...Problem 31PE:
An expensive vacuum System can achieve a pressure as low as 1.00107N/m2 at 20C. How many atoms are...Problem 32PE:
The number density of gas atoms at a certain location in the space above our planet is about...Problem 33PE:
A bicycle tire has a pressure of 7.00105N/m2 at a temperature of 18.0C and contains 2.00L of gas....Problem 34PE:
A high—pressure gas cylinder contains 50.13L of toxic gas at a pressure of 1.40107N/m2 and a...Problem 36PE:
Calculate the depth to which Avogadro's number of table tennis balls would cover Earth. Each ball...Problem 37PE:
(a) What is me gauge pressure in a 25.0C car tire containing 3.60 mol of gas in a 30.0 L volume? (b)...Problem 38PE:
(a) In the deep space between galaxies, me density of atoms is as low as 106atoms/m3, and me...Problem 39PE:
Some incandescent light bulbs are filled with argon gas. What is vrms for argon atoms near the...Problem 40PE:
Average atomic and molecular speeds (vrms) are large, even at low temperatures. What is vrms for...Problem 41PE:
(a) What is the average kinetic energy in joules of hydrogen atoms on the 5500C surface at the Sun?...Problem 42PE:
The escape velocity of any object from Earth is 11.2km/s. (a) Express this speed in m/s and km/h....Problem 43PE:
The escape velocity from the Moon is much smaller than from Earth and is only 2.38km/s. At what...Problem 44PE:
Nuclear fusion, the energy source at the Sun, hydrogen bombs, and fusion reactors, occurs much more...Problem 45PE:
Suppose that the average velocity (vrms) of carbon dioxide molecules (molecular mass is equal to...Problem 46PE:
Hydrogen molecules (molecular mass is equal to 2.016g/mol ) have an average velocity vrmsequal to...Problem 47PE:
Much of The 935 near the Sun is atomic hydrogen. Its temperature would have to be 1.5107K for the...Problem 48PE:
There are two important isotopes of uranium 235U and 238U ; these isotopes are nearly identical...Problem 49PE:
Dry air is 78.1% nitrogen. What is the partial pressure of nitrogen when me atmospheric pressure is...Problem 50PE:
(a) What is me vapor pressure of water at 20.0C ? (b) What percentage of atmospheric pressure does...Problem 51PE:
Pressure cookers increase cooking speed by raising the boiling temperature of water above its value...Problem 52PE:
(a) At what temperature does water boil at an altitude of 1500 m (about 5000 ft) on a day when...Problem 53PE:
What is the atmospheric pressure on top of Mt. Everest on a day when water boils there at a...Problem 54PE:
At a spot in the high Andes, water boils at 80.0C, greatly reducing the cooking speed of potatoes,...Problem 55PE:
What is the relative humidity on a 25.0C day when the air contains 18.0g/m3 of water vapor?Problem 56PE:
What is the density of water vapor in g/m3 on a hot dry day in me desert when the temperature is...Problem 57PE:
A deepsea diver should breathe a gas mixture that has the same oxygen partial pressure as at sea...Problem 58PE:
The vapor pressure of water at 40.0C is 7.34103N/m2. Using the ideal gas law, calculate the density...Problem 59PE:
Air in human lungs has a temperature of 37.0C and a saturation vapor density of 44.0g/m3. (a) If...Problem 60PE:
If the relative humidity is 90.0% on a muggy summer morning when the temperature is 20.0C, what will...Problem 61PE:
Late on an autumn day, the relative humidity is 45.0% and the temperature is 20.0C. What will the...Problem 62PE:
Atmospheric pressure amp Mt. Everest is 3.30104N/m2. (a) What is the partial pressure of oxygen...Problem 63PE:
What is the dew point (the temperature at which 100% relative humidity would occur) on a day when...Problem 64PE:
On a certain day the temperature is 25.0C and the relative humidity is 90.0%. How many grams of...Problem 65PE:
Integrated Concepts The boiling point of water increases with depth because pressure increases with...Problem 66PE:
Integrated Concepts (a) At what depth in fresh water is critical pressure of water reached, given...Problem 67PE:
Integrated Concepts To get an idea of the small effect that temperature has on Archimedes’...Problem 68PE:
Integrated Concepts If you want to cook in water at 150C, you need a pressure cooker that can...Problem 69PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) How many moles per cubic meter of an ideal gas are there at a pressure of...Problem 70PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) An automobile mechanic claims that an aluminum rod fits loosely into its...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Nature Of Science And PhysicsChapter 2 - KinematicsChapter 3 - Two-dimensional KinematicsChapter 4 - Dynamics: Force And Newton's Laws Of MotionChapter 5 - Further Applications Of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, And ElasticityChapter 6 - Uniform Circular Motion And GravitationChapter 7 - Work, Energy, And Energy ResourcesChapter 8 - Linear Momentum And CollisionsChapter 9 - Statics And TorqueChapter 10 - Rotational Motion And Angular Momentum
Chapter 11 - Fluid StaticsChapter 12 - Fluid Dynamics And Its Biological And Medical ApplicationsChapter 13 - Temperature, Kinetic Theory, And The Gas LawsChapter 14 - Heat And Heat Transfer MethodsChapter 15 - ThermodynamicsChapter 16 - Oscillatory Motion And WavesChapter 17 - Physics Of HearingChapter 18 - Electric Charge And Electric FieldChapter 19 - Electric Potential And Electric FieldChapter 20 - Electric Current, Resistance, And Ohm's LawChapter 21 - Circuits And Dc InstrumentsChapter 22 - MagnetismChapter 23 - Electromagnetic Induction, Ac Circuits, And Electrical TechnologiesChapter 24 - Electromagnetic WavesChapter 25 - Geometric OpticsChapter 26 - Vision And Optical InstrumentsChapter 27 - Wave OpticsChapter 28 - Special RelativityChapter 29 - Introduction To Quantum PhysicsChapter 30 - Atomic PhysicsChapter 31 - Radioactivity And Nuclear PhysicsChapter 32 - Medical Applications Of Nuclear PhysicsChapter 33 - Particle PhysicsChapter 34 - Frontiers Of Physics
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