For each of the situations described below, the object considered is undergoing
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For each of the situations described below, the object considered is undergoing some changes. Among the possible changes you should consider are:
(Q) The object is absorbing or giving off heat.
(T) The object's temperature is changing.
(U) The object's internal energy is changing.
(W) The object is doing mechanical work or having work done on it.
(C) The objects chemical energy is changing.
For each of the situations described below, identify which of the four changes are taking place and write as many of the letters Q T U W C (or none) as are appropriate.
1. A cylinder with a piston on top contains a compressed gas and is sitting on a thermal reservoir (a large iron block). After everything has come to thermal equilibrium, the piston is moved upward somewhat (very slowly). The object to be considered is the gas in the cylinder.
a. Q b. T c. U d. W e. C f. none
2. Consider the same cylinder as in part 1, but it is wrapped in styrofoam, a very good thermal insulator instead of sitting on a heat reservoir. The piston is pressed downward (again, very slowly), compressing the gas. The object to be considered is the gas in the cylinder.
a. Q b. T c. U d. W e. C f.none
3. An ice cube sitting in the open air is melting.
a. Q b. T c. U d. W e. C f.none
4. A mixture of two moles of hydrogen gas and one mole of oxygen gas in a thermally insulated vessel is subjected to small spark (contributing negligible energy) and converts to water vapor.
a. Q b. T c. U d. W e. C f.none
Explain your resoning for each of these cases.
Explanation / Answer
(1) the process is slow and walls of cylinder are conducting, so this is an isothermal process. sotemperature will be constant and there will no change in the internal energy (for isothermal process, deltaU=0). so QW .
(b) the process is adiabatic, so change in heat =0. so TUW.
(c) melting of ice takes place at constant temperature. it is sbosrbing heat , so Q .
(d) this is a chemical change. so the chemical energy will change. so some heat will be evolved ot absorbed. so QC.
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