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Lecture I - Problems

This document contains a list of 10 practice problems related to thermodynamics of materials from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Batangas State University in the Philippines. The problems cover various thermodynamics concepts like gas laws, ideal gas behavior, manometers, vapor pressure, and molar mass determination. An engineering faculty member prepared the practice problem document to aid students in learning key thermodynamics principles.

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Lecture I - Problems

This document contains a list of 10 practice problems related to thermodynamics of materials from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Batangas State University in the Philippines. The problems cover various thermodynamics concepts like gas laws, ideal gas behavior, manometers, vapor pressure, and molar mass determination. An engineering faculty member prepared the practice problem document to aid students in learning key thermodynamics principles.

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Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY


The National Engineering University
Alangilan Campus
Golden Country Homes, Alangilan Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines 4200
Tel Nos.: (+63 43) 425-0139 local 2826
E-mail Address: [email protected] | Website Address: http://www.batstate-u.edu.ph

College of Engineering - Department of Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics of Materials
Practice Problems

1. The mercury level in the left arm of the J-shaped tube is attached to a thermostat gas-containing
bulb. The left arm is 10.83 cm and the right arm is 34.71 cm above the bottom of the manometer.
If the barometric pressure reads 738.4 Torr, what is the pressure of the gas? Assume that
temperature-induced changes in the reading of the barometer and J tube are small enough to
neglect.
2. The standard atmosphere of pressure is the force per unit area exerted by a 760-mm column of
mercury, the density of which is 13.595 11 g cm–3 at 0 °C. If the gravitational acceleration is
9.806 65 m s–2, calculate the pressure of 1 atm in kPa.
3. At 100°C and 1.60 kPa, the mass density of phosphorus vapour is 0.6388 kg m−3. What is the
molecular formula of phosphorus under these conditions?
4. Determine the density, specific gravity, and mass of the air in a room whose dimensions are 4 m
x 5 m x 6 m at 100 kPa and 25°C.
5. A gas that behaves ideally has a density of 1.92 g dm–3 at 150 kPa and 298 K. What is
the molar mass of the sample?
6. A 423 mL sample of dry oxygen at STP is transferred to a container over water at 22° C
and 738 mmHg. What is the new volume of the oxygen?
7. A Dumas experiment to determine molar mass is conducted in which a gas sample’s P, θ,
and V are determined. If a 1.08-g sample is held in 0.250 dm3 at 303 K and 101.3 kPa: a.
What would the sample’s volume be at 273.15 K, at constant pressure? b. What is the
molar mass of the sample?
8. A 0.200-dm3 sample of H2 is collected over water at a temperature of 298.15 K and at a
pressure of99.99 kPa. What is the pressure of hydrogen in the dry state at 298.15 K? The
vapor pressure of water at 298.15 K is 3.17 kPa.
9. The density of air at 101.325 kPa and 298.15 K is 1.159 g dm–3. Assuming that air
behaves as an ideal gas, calculate its molar mass.
10. A manometer is used to measure the pressure in a tank. The fluid used has a specific
gravity of 0.85, and the manometer column height is 55 cm. If the local atmospheric
pressure is 96 kPa, determine the absolute pressure within the tank.

Prepared by:

Engr. Bernadeth P. Conti

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