Problems & Exercises
We know how the length changes with temperature: . Also we know that the volume of a cube is related to its length by , so the final volume is then . Substituting for gives
Now, because is small, we can use the binomial expansion:
So writing the length terms in terms of volumes gives and so
(a) 0.136 atm
(b) 0.135 atm. The difference between this value and the value from part (a) is negligible.
(a)
(b)
(c) 2.16 K
(d) No. The final temperature needed is much too low to be easily achieved for a large object.
. The buoyant force supports nearly the exact same amount of force on the copper block in both circumstances.
(a)
(b) It’s unreasonably large.
(c) At high pressures such as these, the ideal gas law can no longer be applied. As a result, unreasonable answers come up when it is used.
(a)
(b) The velocity is too high—it’s greater than the speed of light.
(c) The assumption that hydrogen inside a supernova behaves as an idea gas is responsible, because of the great temperature and density in the core of a star. Furthermore, when a velocity greater than the speed of light is obtained, classical physics must be replaced by relativity, a subject not yet covered.