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(a) remains the same because 500m s−1 is very much smaller
than v rms of the gas.
(b) remains the same because motion of the vessel as a whole
does not affect the relative motion of the gas molecules and
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the walls.
(c) will increase by a factor equal to (v 2rms + (500)2 ) / v 2rms where
v rms was the original mean square velocity of the gas.
(d) will be different on the top wall and bottom wall of the vessel.
13.2 1 mole of an ideal gas is contained in a cubical volume V,
ABCDEFGH at 300 K (Fig. 13.1). One face of the cube (EFGH) is
made up of a material which totally absorbs any gas molecule
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(b) isothermal process.
(c) isobaric process.
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(d) isochoric process.
13.4 A cylinder containing an ideal gas is in vertical position and has
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a piston of mass M that is able to move up or down without friction
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13.7 A vessel of volume V contains a mixture of 1 mole of Hydrogen
and 1 mole of Oxygen (both considered as ideal). Let f1(v)dv, denote
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the fraction of molecules with speed between v and (v + dv) with
f 2 (v)dv, similarly for oxygen. Then
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(b) f 1(v), f2 (v) will obey the Maxwell’s distribution law separately.
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(c) Neither f 1 (v), nor f2 (v) will obey the Maxwell’s distribution
law.
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(d) f 2 (v) and f 1 (v) will be the same.
An inflated rubber balloon contains one mole of an ideal gas,
has a pressure p, volume V and temperature T. If the temperature
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13.9 ABCDEFGH is a hollow cube made of an insulator (Fig. 13.4).
Face ABCD has positve charge on it. Inside the cube, we have
ionized hydrogen.
The usual kinetic theory expression for pressure
(a) will be valid.
(b) will not be valid since the ions would experience forces other
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13.11 In a diatomic molecule, the rotational energy at a given
temperature
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(a) obeys Maxwell’s distribution.
(b) have the same value for all molecules.
(c)
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equals the translational kinetic energy for each molecule.
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(d) is (2/3)rd the translational kinetic energy for each molecule.
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13.12 Which of the following diagrams (Fig. 13.5) depicts ideal gas
behaviour?
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13.14 Calculate the number of atoms in 39.4 g gold. Molar mass of
gold is 197g mole–1.
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13.15 The volume of a given mass of a gas at 27°C, 1 atm is 100 cc.
What will be its volume at 327°C?
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13.16 The molecules of a given mass of a gas have root mean square
speeds of 100 m s−1 at 27 °C and 1.00 atmospheric pressure.
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gas at 127°C and 2.0 atmospheric pressure?
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1 ×106 m s −1 , respectively. What is the root mean square speed of
these molecules.
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13.18 A gas mixture consists of 2.0 moles of oxygen and 4.0 moles of
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13.19 Calculate the ratio of the mean free paths of the molecules of two
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gases having molecular diameters 1 A and 2 A . The gases may
be considered under identical conditions of temperature, pressure
and volume.
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13.20 The container shown in Fig. 13.6 has two chambers, separated
V1 V2 by a partition, of volumes V1 = 2.0 litre and V2= 3.0 litre. The
μ1, p1 μ 2 chambers contain μ1 = 4.0 and μ 2 = 5.0 moles of a gas at
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p2 pressures p1 = 1.00 atm and p2 = 2.00 atm. Calculate the pressure
Fig 13.6
after the partition is removed and the mixture attains equilibrium.
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13.23 When air is pumped into a cycle tyre the volume and pressure of
the air in the tyre both are increased. What about Boyle’s law in
this case?
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13.24 A ballon has 5.0 g mole of helium at 7°C. Calculate
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(a) the number of atoms of helium in the balloon,
(b) the total internal energy of the system.
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13.25 Calculate the number of degrees of freedom of molecules of
hydrogen in 1 cc of hydrogen gas at NTP.
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13.26 An insulated container containing monoatomic gas of molar mass
m is moving with a velocity v o . If the container is suddenly
stopped, find the change in temperature.
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400 20
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1000 10
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13.29 Ten small planes are flying at a speed of 150 km/h in total
darkness in an air space that is 20 × 20 × 1.5 km3 in volume. You
are in one of the planes, flying at random within this space with
no way of knowing where the other planes are. On the average
about how long a time will elapse between near collision with
your plane. Assume for this rough computation that a saftey
region around the plane can be approximated by a sphere of
radius 10m.
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box has a hole of an area 0.010 mm2. How much time is required
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for the pressure to reduce by 0.10 atm, if the pressure outside is
1 atm.
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is along x-axis and the area of cross-section of the block
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perpendicular to v 0 is A. Show that the drag force on the block is
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4ρ Av 0 , where m is the mass of the gas molecule.
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