1. A piston confines a gas in a 2 ft. diameter cylinder on which a weight rests.

The mass of the piston and

weight together is 450 pounds. The acceleration due to gravity is 32.176 ft/s 2, and atmospheric pressure is
14.72 psi.
A. What is the force in newton exerted on the gas by the atmosphere, the piston and the weight, assuming
no friction between the piston and cylinder?
B. What is the pressure of the gas in lbf/ft2?
C. If the gas in the cylinder is heated, it expands, pushing the piston and weight upward. If the piston and
weight are raised 0.83 m. what is the work done by the gas in ft-lbf?

2. A beaker contains 13.8889 moles of water at 20 oC. A 5 moles of copper metal at 60 oC is placed in the
water. At equilibrium, what will be the final temperature? The specific heat of water is 4.184 J/g C and that
of copper is 0.385 J/g C.

3. In a piston system, the piston diameter is 25.0 mm, and the mass of the piston and platform is 55.0 g. If a
0.584 kg weight is placed on top of the platform to equilibrate the pressure, then what is the total pressure?
Assume the atmospheric pressure is 101.300 kPa and g = 9.807 m/s2.
4. Water enters at 15.5 degree C and exits at 28.6 degree Celcius. Oil (SG = 0.91) enters at 157 degree Celsius
and 86 L/min. Oil must be cooled at 94 degree Celcius. a) Find the heat flow of the oil. b) Find water mass
flow rate.

5. Calculate the density of air entering the nozzle, if the air leaves a nozzle at a P=1.5atm and T=600K at a
velocity of 400m/s. The air enters at 150 m/s and the inlet to exit diameter ratio is 3:1.5.

6. A mixer heats 140 kg/min of asphalt continuously at 50 kW. The specific enthalpy of the asphalt is raised
by 38 kJ/Kg. What is the work output of the mixer?

7. The change in temperature of water upon entering and leaving a diffuser is 15 oC. A 1kg of water leaves
water the diffuser at 600m/s. The outlet diameter is 300cm. Assume no work and heat transfer. Use Cp=
1𝐾𝑐𝑎𝑙/ 𝐾𝑔. . Calculate the following: a. Inlet velocity b. Inlet diameter

8. Air enters a 1.5 feet diameter pipe steadily at 29 psi and 68 degree Fahrenheit with a velocity of 16.4 ft/s.
Air is heated as it flows and leaves the pipe at 26.11 psi and 104 degree Fahrenheit. Determine a) the
volumetric flowrate of air at the inlet (L/s) b) the mass flowrate of air (lb/s) and c) the velocity (ft/s) and
volume flowrate at the exit (L/s). The gas constant of air is 53.3523 ft-lbf/lb-R.

1. Unit Analysis. The Hagen-Poiseuille equation is sometimes expressed as

𝟑𝟐𝐋 𝐮𝝁
ΔP = 𝐃𝟐 where ΔP= lbf / ft2 , u=ft/s , L=ft, D=ft, µ=lbm/ft.s
Prove that the equation of ΔP has a unit of lbf / ft2 ?
2. Unit Conversion. Add: 10 hp + 320 watts
3. Unit Conversion and Mass and Volume. A liquid has a specific gravity of 0.90 . What is its
density in Kg/m3 ? Specific Volume in ft3/lb ? If the liquid is placed in a 1.5 L bottle that has
a mass of 232 grams, how much will the full bottle weigh in grams?
4. Flowrate. Air is flowing through a rectangular duct, 2 ft by 3 ft, at a rate of 1.27 m 3/s. What
is its velocity?
5. Molarities. Determine the molarities of the following:
a. 2.37 moles of KNO3 are dissolved in 650 ml of solution.
b. 25 grams of NaOH are dissolved in 2.50 L of solution.
6. Pressure. A 2 ft. height tank contains oil. The specific gravity of oil is 0.82. Calculate the
Pressure of oil inside the tank in psi?
1. A thorium atom of mass 232.038 amu decays by the emission of an alpha particle to a radium atom.
Determine: a. Complete Reaction, b. mass defect in Kg/mol and Kg/nucleon, c. binding energy in
eV/nucleon.
2. On October 26, 2019, an archaeologist unearthed a radioactive specimen. Month later, he weighed the
material and found out to be 180 pounds. A year later since last time he took its weight, only 84 pounds of
the sample remains. Calculate: (Reference date will be the day the sample was unearthed and assume 1yr=
360days and 1month=30days)
a. %decayed on November 26, 2019
b. fraction of sample remains a year after Nov. 26, 2019
c. date (month day, year) at which half of the specimen decayed
d. Time in years at which 90% of the original amount decayed.
e. Approximate no. of years at which all the specimen will be depleted.
3. Tritium has a half- life of 12.5 years against beta decay. What fraction of a sample of pure tritium will
remain undecayed after 25 years? Calculate the percentage decayed after 20 years.

1. An unknown metal exhibits FCC crystal structure has an observed atomic radius of 0.14 nm and theoretical
density of 11.538 g/cm3, identify the unknown metal.
2. Prove that the atomic packing factor of hexagonal close-packed is 0.74.
3. In the cubic system given the directions: a. Find the angle between [110] and [111] b. Find the angles of the
triangle formed by [220], [1 12] and [-1 -1 2].

1. Pressure up to 3,000 atm are measured with a dead weight gauge. The piston diameter is 0.17 in. What is the
approximate mass in lb of the weight required?
2. A certain amount of air is compressed inside a cylinder. The internal energy change is 15 BTU. Work required for
compression process is 300 BTU. What is the amount of heat transfer involved in ft-lbf?
3. A current of 2 ampere passing for 5hrs through a molten antimony salt deposits of 0.02002lbs. What is the oxidation
state of the salt?
4. 1 kg water at velocity 12.5 m/s and 30 oC enters a 2.54 cm diameter horizontal pipe where there is no heat or work
exchange with the surroundings. The water suddenly flows through a larger pipe with a diameter of 3.85cm. Calculate
the following:
a. Velocity of the water leaving the pipe in m/s
b. Delta H and The change in temperature of the water. Cpwater=4.18 𝐾𝐽/ 𝐾𝑔.K
5. Given the reaction: 2Ag (solid) + Cl2 (gas) 2Ag+ + 2Cl-
The mass of Cl is 0.1286 lb and the volume of the solution is 8500 cm3. Determine a.) Pressure of Cl2 in atm if
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n=0.825 mol b.) cell notation c.) Eo , Standard cell potential d.) Concentration of silver ion in Molarity and Normality
e.) E, Cell potential. Use temperature @35 oC.
6. In order to reduce 8500mL of O2 to H2O, a quality of electricity is required. The cell potential is 2.5 volts. The reaction
occurs at a pressure of 1.5 atm and temperature of 26.85oC. Calculate the: a) Quantity of charge in coulombs used to
reduce O2 gas to H2O. b) Energy consumed in joules. c)Time if the current pass through a resistor of 1.25ohm. d) Rate
of dissipation or power in watts.
7. A mixer heats 140 kg/min of asphalt continuously at 50 kW. The specific enthalpy of the asphalt is raised by 38 kJ/Kg.
What is the work output of the mixer?
8. Flowrate. Air is flowing through a rectangular duct, 2 ft by 3 ft, at a rate of 1.27 m3/s. What is its velocity in m/s?
Molarities. Determine the molarities of the following:
c. 2.37 moles of KNO3 are dissolved in 650 ml of solution.
d. 25 grams of NaOH are dissolved in 2.50 L of solution.
Pressure. A 2 ft. height tank contains oil. The specific gravity of oil is 0.82. Calculate the Pressure of oil inside the
tank in psi?
9. Fuel used in nuclear fission is U-235. In the process, neutron particle is used to split U-235 into 3 neutron particle, Kr-
92 and Ba-141. In order for Ba-141 to become stable, it must undergo 3 simultaneous beta decay. And for Kr-92, it
undergoes beta decay with 1 extra neutron emitted and then the daughter element will be subjected to 3 simultaneous
beta decay to finally be stable. Separately identify the final stable element for Ba-141 and Kr-92 reactions. Show
complete balance reaction.