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Heat and thermodynamics

1) Spray steel can contain a propellant gas at twice atmospheric pressure and
having a volume of is at . It is then tossed into an open fire. When the
temperature of the gas in the can reaches , what is the pressure inside the can?
Assume any change in the volume of the can is negligible
2) A 0.050 0-kg ingot of metal is heated to 200.0°C and then dropped into a beaker
containing 0.400 kg of water initially at 20.0°C. If the final equilibrium temperature of
the mixed system is 22.4°C, find the specific heat of the metal.
3) What mass of steam initially at 130°C is needed to warm 200 g of water in a 100-g glass
container from 20.0°C to 50.0°C?
4) A 1.0-mol sample of an ideal gas is kept at 0.0°C during an expansion from 3L to 10 L
a) How much work is done on the gas during the expansion?
b) How much energy transfer by heat occurs with the surroundings in this process?
5) A 1.0-kg bar of copper is heated at atmospheric pressure. If its temperature increases
from 20°C to 50°C
a) What is the work done on the copper bar by the surrounding atmosphere?
b) What quantity of energy is transferred to the copper bar by heat?
c) What is the increase in internal energy of the copper bar?
6) If of ice melts when of heat energy is supplied to it, what is the specific
latent heat of ice?
7) 3.2kg of water at is heated until half of it is changes to steam at . How much
heat energy needs to be supplied to the water? (

).

8) A gas expands from an initial volume of 3 to a final volume


of as the pressure increases linearly from 100kPa to
300kPa. Find the work done by the gas?
9) A diatomic ideal gas expands adiabatically from initial pressure and volume of 𝑡 and
𝐿 to final pressure and volume of 7 𝑡 and L. Find the work done by the gas.
10) In a cylinder 2 moles of an ideal mono atomic gas initially at and 300K
expands until its volume is doubled. Compute the work done if the expansion is:

a) Isobaric b) Isothermal c) Adiabatic

11) An ideal monatomic gas is taken through a cycle in the P-V diagram.

(a) If there are 0.0200 mol of this gas, what are the temperature and pressure at point C?

(b) What is the change in internal energy of the gas as it is taken


from point A to B?

(c) How much work is done by this gas per cycle?

(d) What is the total change in internal energy of this gas in one
cycle?.

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