Q16.

Temperature And Heat

1. When a certain constant volume gas thermometer is in thermal

contact with water at its triple point (273.16 K) the pressure is
6.30 104 Pa.

For this thermometer a kelvin corresponds to

a change in pressure of about:

1. 4.34 102 Pa

2. 2.31 102 Pa
3. 1.72 103 Pa
4. 2.31 103 Pa

5. 1.72 107 Pa

nR
P
T
V

nR
P
T
V

nR 6.3 104 Pa
2 Pa

2.31 10
V
273.16 K
K

nR
P
V

for

T 1K

2. A cube of aluminum has an edge length of 20 cm.

Aluminum has a density 2.7 times that of water and a specific
heat 0.217 times that of water. When the internal energy of

the cube increases by 47000 cal, its temperature increases by:

1.

5 C

2.

10 C

3.

20 C

4.

100 C

5.

200 C

U
U
T

CV
V cv

47000 cal

2.7 g / cm 20 cm 0.217 cal / g C

10C

3. Take the mechanical equivalent of heat as 4 J/cal.

A 10-gram

bullet moving at 2000 m/s plunges into 1 kg of paraffin wax

(specific heat 0.7 cal / g C).

The wax was initially at 20C.

Assuming that all the bullet's energy heats the wax, its final
temperature (C) is :
1.

20.14

2.

23.5

3.

20.006

4.

27.1

5.

30.23

1
1
2
2
K .E. m v 0.01 kg 2000 m / s 20000 J
2
2

1 cal
2000 J

Q K .E.
4 J

7.14C
C
M c 1000 g 0.7 cal / g C
T final Tinitial T 20 C 7.14C 27.14C

4. The rate of heat flow through a slab is Pcond.

If the slab

thickness is doubled, its cross-sectional area is halved, and the

temperature difference across it is doubled, then the rate of
heat flow becomes:

1.

2Pcond

2.

Pcond /2

3.

Pcond

4.

Pcond /8

5.

8Pcond

Pcond

T
k A
x

T 1
1 2 T 1
H k A
kA
Pcond
x 2
2 2 x 2