PHYS1056 Assignment 1

Expired : 23-9-2022
You may need to find the values of some physical constants by yourself in public domains
or books.

(1) The relation between the saturation mixing ratio m (in g/kg) and the temperature T in the
temperature range -10 oC to 40 oC is given by:
7.5𝑇𝑇
𝑚𝑚 = 3.752 × 10237.7+𝑇𝑇
where T is measured in oC.
(a) There is 10 g of water vapor and 2 kg of air in the flask kept at 20 oC. Find the ¥ 5g/ kg -

mixing ratio.
(b) The flaks in (a) is now cooled down to 0oC, find the mass of water vapor in the
air? What is the relative humidity? m
3.75291kg
=

the vapour content 3<752

D. µ ,
, =
2 / led
saturation ratio
mixing
(2) Consider a sample of argon gas at 35 oC and 1.22 atm pressure. Suppose the radius of a
(spherical) argon atom is 0.710×10-10 m. Calculate the fraction of the container volume
actually occupied by atoms. Volume of }
24-3 -10×6-710×15 )
"
atom
one
argon 22.97×0%3
Mddt miss ol
Argon a 39.9
(3) Self-learning module 124 coax V2 nx 8.31 ✗ (35+273)
¥ >
0.0206 m3 met'
Read Box 2 carefully and then answer the question.
(i) A iron bar being heat up looks red with wavelength of 650 nm. What is its
temperature?
(ii) What is the rate of energy in Wm-2 emitted by the iron bar in (i)?
(iii) If the surrounding of the iron bar in (i) is 300K, what the rate of energy in Wm-2 that the
bar is absorbing?

3 is
2- 898×10-3
✗ Mdx
•

T - 2-898×10-3 I 650×10-9

z 4458K

it ) I z
5.67 ✗ ②
→
✗ 4458
"

2239460C
2

> -2
2
2.24 ✗ to Wm

Iii )
Ez 5.67×10-8 × 3004
2
459 W/m2

As the iron bar hds

higher temperature than
surrounding ,
it will
not absorb hedt but
instead release heat to reach
equilibrium
temperature with the
surrounding -