ASSIGNMENT QUESTION :

Date line : 29/05/2011

a) Calculate the amount of heat that must be absorbed by 0.8 kg of ice at -20ºC in order
to convert it to water at 20ºC. Use the following data:
Specific heat capacity of water = 4190 Jkg −1K −1 ,

Specific heat capacity of ice = 2220 Jkg −1K −1 ,

Heat of fusion of water = 3.34 ×10 5 J kg −1

(5 marks)

b) At 0ºC, an aluminium rod has a length L A , and the copper rod has length L C .
When the rods are heated, the difference between their lengths stays constant at 1.00

(
cm. Find the values of L A and LC . α copper = 17 × 10 K α
−6 −1
, aluminium = 24× 10− 6 K− 1 )
(5 marks)

c) Molecules in 10 g of nitrogen gas are to be distributed uniformly over the surface of the
earth. How many such molecules would there be on 1.00 m² of the surface of the
Earth? (The radius of the earth is 6400 km)

(5 marks)

d) A 10 L vessel contains oxygen gas at 37°C and 4.00 atm.

(i) Calculate the total translational kinetic energy of the gas molecules.

(ii) Calculate the average kinetic energy per molecule.

(5 marks)

[Total: 20 marks]

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