Questions from Modern Physics


Q: A heat engine takes 0.350 mol of a diatomic ideal

A heat engine takes 0.350 mol of a diatomic ideal gas around the cycle shown in the pV-diagram of Fig. P20.36. Process 1→ 2 is at constant volume, process 2→ 3 is a...

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Q: Digesting fat produces 9.3 food calories per gram of fat

Digesting fat produces 9.3 food calories per gram of fat, and typically 80% of this energy goes to heat when metabolized. (One food calorie is 1000 calories and therefore equals 4186 J.) The body then...

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Q: What is the thermal efficiency of an engine that operates by taking

What is the thermal efficiency of an engine that operates by taking n moles of diatomic ideal gas through the cycle 1→ 2→ 3→ 4→...

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Q: You build a heat engine that takes 1.00 mol of

You build a heat engine that takes 1.00 mol of an ideal diatomic gas through the cycle shown in Fig. P20.39. Fig. P20.39: (a). Show that process ab is an isothermal compression. (b). During which...

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Q: As a budding mechanical engineer, you are called upon to design

As a budding mechanical engineer, you are called upon to design a Carnot engine that has 2.00 mol of a monatomic ideal gas as its working substance and operates from a high temperature reservoir at 50...

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Q: A heat engine operates using the cycle shown in Fig. P20

A heat engine operates using the cycle shown in Fig. P20.41. The working substance is 2.00 mol of helium gas, which reaches a maximum temperature of 3270C. Assume the helium can be treated as an ideal...

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Q: A person who has skin of surface area 1.85 m2

A person who has skin of surface area 1.85 m2 and temperature 30.0°C is resting in an insulated room where the ambient air temperature is 20.0°C. In this state, a person gets rid of excess heat by rad...

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Q: Two charges are placed on the x-axis: one,

Two charges are placed on the x-axis: one, of 2.50 µC, at the origin and the other, of -3.50 µC, at x = 0.600 m (Fig. P21.60). Find the position on the x-axis where the net f...

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Q: A very small object with mass 8.20 × 10-

A very small object with mass 8.20 × 10-9 kg and positive charge 6.50 × 10-9 C is projected directly toward a very large insulating sheet of positive charge that has uniform surface charge density 5.9...

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Q: Explain this statement: “In a static situation, the electric

Explain this statement: “In a static situation, the electric field at the surface of a conductor can have no component parallel to the surface because this would violate the condition that the charges...

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