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Quiz: Physics Statistical Mechanics (Spring 2004)

1) How to solve thermodynamics and statistical mechanics problems involving heat, work, internal energy, entropy, and other concepts. 2) The quiz has 4 problems testing calculation of different states including number of combinations, heat transfer, entropy change, and equilibrium of combined systems. 3) Students must show work to receive credit for problems involving physics equations and thermodynamic relationships between temperature, pressure, volume, and heat.

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Quiz: Physics Statistical Mechanics (Spring 2004)

1) How to solve thermodynamics and statistical mechanics problems involving heat, work, internal energy, entropy, and other concepts. 2) The quiz has 4 problems testing calculation of different states including number of combinations, heat transfer, entropy change, and equilibrium of combined systems. 3) Students must show work to receive credit for problems involving physics equations and thermodynamic relationships between temperature, pressure, volume, and heat.

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PHYS-4420 THERMODYNAMICS & STATISTICAL MECHANICS SPRING 2004

Quiz 1 Friday, February 20, 2004

NAME: ____________________________________________

To receive credit for a problem, you must show your work, or explain how you arrived at your
answer.

1. (25%) In the poker game seven card stud, seven cards are dealt to each player. The player
selects five of those cards to make the best possible hand.

a) (10%) How many different five card hands can be made from the seven cards dealt to a
player?

N5 = _______________

b) (10%) How many different seven card hands can be made from a deck of 52 cards?

N7 = _______________

c) (5%) Based on your answer to part b), what is the probability that a player would be dealt
the exact same seven cards twice in a row? Think carefully about this one.

Prob = ________________

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2. (10%) Consider the expression, ae ax cos( y 2 )dx  2 yeax sin( y 2 )dy . Is it an exact
differential? Circle the correct answer, and show why you made your selection.
It IS an exact differential It IS NOT an exact differential

3. (35%) Electromagnetic radiation in an evacuated vessel of volume V, at thermal equilibrium


with the walls at temperature T, behaves like a gas of photons. The internal energy and the
pressure of the gas are given by the relations: E  aV T 4 , and p  13 aT , where a is
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Stephan’s constant. Initially the system is at pressure p0, volume V0 , and temperature T0.
Express all your answers in terms of p0, V0, T0, and a.

a) (10%) How much heat is added to the system if it expands isothermally from V0 to 2V0?

Q = ________________

b) (5%) What is the change in entropy as the gas expands isothermally from V0 to 2V0?

S = ________________

c) (10%) How much heat must be added to the gas if the pressure is to increase from p0 to 2 p0
at a constant volume of V0?

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Q = ________________

d) (10%) How much heat must be added to the gas if the temperature is to increase from T0 to
2 T0 at a constant volume of V0?

Q = ________________

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4. (30%) Consider two systems, A and B. System A contains one mole of a monatomic ideal gas
at a temperature of 480 K. System B contains two moles of the same monatomic ideal gas at a
temperature of 240 K.

a) (10%) Find the internal energies of the two systems.

EA = __________________

EB = __________________

b) (10%) The two systems are placed in thermal contact, and heat flows between them. As a
result, one third (1/3) of the energy in system A is transferred to system B. Show that this
transfer results in an increase in the combined entropy of the two systems.

c) (10%) Show that the total entropy of the two systems is a maximum after the transfer of
energy from system A to system B.

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