Assignment

1. An ideal gas does (𝛾 = 1.3) is initially at 𝑝1 , 𝑇1 , 𝑉1 . The gas is compressed adiabatically to half its
orignial volume. It is then cooled at constant pressure to its orignal temperature. Calculate the ratio
of the final volume to the initial one.

2. A 𝑋 𝑘𝑔 of ice at −15°𝐶 is pour into a 1𝑘𝑔 glass of water at 80°𝐶. Heat is supplied from the water
to melt up the ice. After a long time, the system including ice and water reach the equilibrium
temperature at 𝑌°𝐶. Given the specific heat of ice is: 2220 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾 and the specific heat of water is
4190 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾 while the heat of transformation is 333 × 103 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾.
a) Determine the temperature of the glass of water when it reach equilibrium temperature if 𝑋 =
0.5 𝑘𝑔.
b) Determine the mass of ice needed to decrease the equilibrium temperature to 50°𝐶

3. An ideal gas expands at a constant pressure of 120 𝑘𝑃𝑎 from A to B as shown in Figure 1. It is
then compressed isothermally to point C where the volumn is 40L. Find the net work done by the
gas during these two processes.

Figure 1
4. A 3.5 mol sample of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes a reversible process at constant volume,
increasing its temperature from 200K to 500K. What does the entropy change of the gas?

5. An ideal monatomic gas undergoes an aidabatic compression from state 1 with pressure 𝑝1 =
1 𝑎𝑡𝑚, volume 𝑉1 = 8 𝐿, and temperature 𝑇1 = 300 𝐾 to state 2 with pressure 𝑝2 = 32 𝑎𝑡𝑚,
volume 𝑉2 = 1 𝐿.
a) What is the temperature of the gas in state 2?
b) How many moles of gas are present?
c) What is the average translational kinetic energy per mole before and after compression?
d) What is the ratio of the squares of the rms speeds before and after the compression?
e) If we do not know that the ideal gas here is monatomic, demonstrate that the gas is truly
monatomic.
6. Calculate the change in entropy of 1 𝑘𝑔 of ice at 0.0°𝐶 when its temperature is increased to 30°.
Given the specific heat of ice is: 2220 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾 and the specific heat of water is 4190 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾 while
the heat of transformation is 333 × 103 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾.

7. A 2 𝑘𝑔 of ice at −10°𝐶 is placed in a lake whose temperature is 30°𝐶. Calculate the change in
entropy of the lake if we assume that the temperature of the lake does not change. Given the specific
heat of ice is: 2220 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾 and the specific heat of water is 4190 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾 while the heat of
transformation is 333 × 103 𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐾.

8. In a room with the temperature at 27°𝐶. Calculate the translational kinetic energy per molecule of
Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Oxygen.

9. The mean free path of nitrogen molecule at 16°𝐶 and 1.0 𝑎𝑡𝑚 is 3.1 × 10−7 𝑚.
a) Calculate the diameter of each nitrogen molecule.
b) If the average speed of nitrogen molecule is 675 𝑚/𝑠, what is the time taken by the molecule
btween two successive collisions?

10. An ideal diatomic gas is taken from state A to state B along the straight-line path as shown in Figure
2, what is the change in the internal energy of the gas for this process?

Figure 2