CHEM 3411 MWF 9:00AM Spring 2012 Physical Chemistry I — Exam #1, Version A (Dated: February 3, 2012) olution Set A Problem|Max.Pts| Actual Score] NOTE: Partial Credit will be awarded! How- 1 20 ever, full credit will be awarded only if the cor- 2 20 rect answer is in marked boxes, when provided 3 20 (Do not write in the small boxes in the right, TOTALT 60 margin; they are for grading purposes only.) You MUST sign the honor pledge: “On my honor, I pledge that I will not give or receive aid in examinations; 1 will not attempt to gain prior access to examinations; I will not represent the work of another as my own; and I will avoid any activity which will encourage others to violate their own pledge of honor.” Your Signature: You may find the following information useful: Constant jyimbol falue Uni Speed of light in vacuum —¢ —_2.99792458 E+10 cm sec Electronic charge © 4.80298 E10 esu ve € 1.60219 E-19 C (Coulombs) Avogadro's number Na 6.02252 E+23 molecules mole! Gas Constant Ro 831447 JK mole" R 831447 E-2 LbarK-!mole R 820574 E-2 LatmK-? mole? R 6.23637 E41 LTorrK- mole Boltzmann constant ky 1.38065 E23 J,K> Electron mass m, 548597 E4 amu Proton mass tm, 1.00727663 amu Neutron mass ‘tm, 1.008654 amu Planck Constant h 6.626076 E-27 ergsee oa h 6.626076 E34 Jsce os A 1.054573 B-27 ergsce Bohr radius ay 5.29177 Em ‘Atomic mass unit ‘amu 1.66043 -E-24 g Electron volt eV 1.60219 E-19 J a eV 1.60219 E12 org Debye D 3.33564 E-30 Cm Calorie cal 4.184 ‘dberg Constant R_1.09737 A sheet of possibly useful formulas is provided at the end. 11. Concept Questions. Try to be concise, and correct! (5 pts) a. What is an adiabatic path? An adiabtic path is apth whee thee & no heat exchenye with fhe envitmmeny (5 pts) 6. Why is the heat capacity with respect to internal energy taken along constant volume or pressure? (Make sure to state which path is the correct one.) @) 2G The contat volun path removes the Vohwe dpadenee Hy OF the Tekrel enorgy, with only He Tempuanore left a5 an independet vera ble S: (5 pts) c. Provide an example illustrating why heat is not a state function, and justify it Suppase E have @ 905 balloon ond I take it fom 1,9 Ta, ay Om fh de it by hay ite Ths path sim $1.00 mote pet T pull He Blan to He-cepeivte vole ead have Thos hort iy dependent on He path nd u nol a stele faction —— d. Is the First Law of Thermodynamics relevant to the following observation? “A particular gas expands to fill its container.” Jed (2 pts) |Cirele one: Yes ® Ss (8 pts) Justify Gay Cxporion is not dictated by on eneyy Cre ‘ Kehoe, This Herafore ges aod Myvire conserva tien of Cnersy guaranteed by the Lint lew, ead hen He fink law ie nod Cele vent,2. Gas mixtures and their thermodynamics. Suppose an unknown gas mixture consisting of only nitrogen and hydrogen has a density of .5122kg/m* at 1.070 bar and standard ambient temperature can be treated as an ideal gas. (5 pts) a. What is the mole fraction of nitrogen in the gas mixture specified above? Assemiay < Volume of In? 2 Vi ln? (iti 2 1900 ded = 10001 mrt pV = asin osiaa ly = N2-2y = PY _ Goro budficcoty . nol Aten = ar 7 334 959 1 bon) Gms) = Bie we Know Het Myth Enrol OD Pyy = 18.014 %I wy Bay tay Ay= mp” My, = 20158 Si Using DQ) to codec to on eqvetion with | vakeoum wanable gives — are a, Og Fivg + Garni 0) Aug = 97 Ay, > ene 1635 nds May Yu — = - 03184 (5 pts) 6. What is the partial pressure of nitrogen in the gas mixture specified above? Using Raoults Law Po = Py ay = (ow be)C 0.3784) = O.UOSY ban Answer: yy = O:4054 bar 4(5 pts) c. What is the molar volume of the gas mixture specified above? ee en L Via = m pial O3.17 Zi Answer! Yu = 9317 eq 5 (5 pts) d. What is the total prossure of the gas mixture specified above if it were heated to 100°C at constant volume? Re = HIG nol Te= toe +3931§ = 373ISK Ve= V; Contest Volume!) = Joo0 Fro = OrRTe = 1.339b, Vi Answer Py = 14 bac FF3, First Law: The machinery for gases. A sample consisting of 8.7 moles of a ideal gas molecules with Cpm = 17.5K-'mol* is initially at 173kPa and 323K. It then undergoes a reversible adiabatic expansion ‘until its temperature is 247K. (6 pts) a. What is the final volume? Solyis, for vy, v= nat — Gr rol) 4.214 Toate") 930) o.0s7n3 A 173000 fa Exner on Cyeation sheet, Fell credit yien f ved V1"= combat Vite, Ts ee Sx ye O77m3 (5 pts) }. What is the final pressure? 2 net p, = neh a Pv? = yy? > * hay hen)? Tra! )(G21 4 T 40) “ePIC 4 p, = CaN T OD] oo gate ett or yo cold wre OVS Conta? x= = hat 0.077 m% ind 1a St = Ty 5 a t aby D>Aeh Gye = 98000 Pa ar thes the Vole Calera ted in put @ warc!t mele = 48000 Pa Answer: Ps = 480 0u Pa se](5 pts) c What is q for this process? 47° because — adiabelie “Answer: =O E_] (4 pts) d. What is w for this process? AU = gte but 420 3 Aucy WeAU = 4 Cym BT N=3.7 nots Cyme Cpm-R We GT aol EAST moth! = 8.314 T moll”) 649k -3384) Ws -I00y